Chapter 490: The Russian Empire's Steady Attack
For war, the most important thing is actual combat experience, especially in leading troops to fight. The Russian Empire was basically a step-by-step process, focusing only on the hierarchical strength of the warriors, thus ignoring their cooperation and reaction on the battlefield.
Of course, this can't be blamed on the Russian Empire, after all, these elites have been hidden by their empire for a long time, although the strength can shock everyone, but the actual combat experience, as well as the reaction and adaptability of all aspects, are more than a step behind.
In fact, the troops that the Russian Empire took out this time are indeed the elite of the elite, but the Russian Empire's mistake is that they should not use the Easy Empire to train their troops! The Runaway Empire should not be used as a whetstone for these recruits.
It is true that the Empire of Freedom does not seem to be so powerful, but the soldiers of the Empire of Freedom have risen step by step from the weakest time, with the development of the game and the development of war, and fighting has become a part of life for them.
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Easy Empire, they have an indelible military soul, their own great beliefs, and their own inseparable protection. This is the reason why Lao Jiu treated soldiers as real humans when he first trained them.
Take the Russian Empire as an example, although they have cultivated countless level 80 warriors, these warriors are like machines, except for carrying out orders, they are a few streets behind the Empire in other aspects, especially in the cultivation of military hearts.
As a strong army, it must have its own beliefs, its own persistence and protection. Although the Russian army also has its own beliefs, this belief is very fragile. Because in the eyes of the Russian Empire, they are just a bunch of numbers.
They lack relatives to care about, they lack objects to protect, they are war machines for the Russian Empire, and their task is to kill the enemy. It was precisely because of this idea of the Russian Empire that it led to the defeat of the Russian army and led to the fact that most of the Russian army chose to surrender.
Perhaps the Russian Empire's initial plan was to use the Carefree Empire to sharpen its army, but unfortunately, they made a wrong move, and they underestimated the Empire, so that the Russian Empire is currently in a passive state.
Now that the undead cavalry has chosen to make a move, then there is no chance for the vanguard cavalry of the Russian army. Due to the long journey of the Russian army for hundreds of kilometers, although it has now reached the West Kulun grassland, it has long been sleepy and tired.
Now that it was attacked by the undead cavalry, this vanguard immediately stopped continuing to hurry, but after a roundabout, it wanted to eat the undead cavalry first. I have to say that the enemy's generals still have a big appetite, and they even want to fight with the truncated cavalry.
However, their ideas are beautiful, but the reality is cruel. As for the beginning of the undead cavalry's rolling charge against them, the other party has always believed that it was the reason for the sneak attack. But just as he led the cavalry and the undead cavalry to meet each other, he realized how naïve his thoughts were.
In such a vast steppe, the undead cavalry can almost be said to be invincible. They can attack and retreat, and their speed alone can make the Russian Empire look up to it. What's more, in terms of strength, the undead cavalry also ran over the other party.
Even if the Russian army is huge, as long as they can't form an encirclement of the undead cavalry, then they don't have any threat to speak of. The cavalry that originally supported was now dragged by the undead cavalry, not to mention, if it takes a long time, it is estimated that these 100,000 troops will suffer heavy casualties.
As the vanguard cavalry of the Russian Empire exchanged hands with the undead cavalry, the news was transmitted back to the headquarters of Amur City as soon as possible. After recognizing the current form, the Russian Empire decisively gave up follow-up support and ordered the vanguard cavalry to begin to retreat.
At the same time, the armies outside the cities of Amur and Volz began to press at full speed towards the north-south boundary river. It seems that there are still people in the Russian Empire, and their current approach is actually the most correct, and the so-called siege of Wei to save Zhao is nothing more than that.
How many troops the Xiaoyao Empire has in the North and South Boundary River, but now the Russian Empire is very clear, plus all the cavalry sent out by the West Kurun Steppe, then the current North and South Boundary River should be the weakest time for the defense of the Xiaoyao Empire.
What's more, nearly 700,000 captives are not so easy to hold, so I don't know how many troops will be involved in the Empire. Therefore, at this time, the Russian Empire directly abandoned the army of the West Kurun steppe and prepared to forcibly attack the northern and southern boundary rivers.
When the Russian army abandoned the West Kurun steppe and prepared to forcibly attack the north-south boundary river, the Ma army frowned deeply. Now that the cavalry of the Easy Empire has crossed the river, then they are an indestructible blade.
And the Russian Empire suddenly abandoned the West Kurun steppe, which means that they want to use these deserters to completely tie the sharp blade of the Easy Empire. If the Empire wants to annihilate this 500,000 army, then it will not be able to do it in three or two days.
And a delay of a few days is enough for many things to happen. Not to mention, as far as the Russian Empire's warship group is concerned, it can definitely reach the mouth of the North and South Boundary River within three days, and the situation that the Empire needs to face will be a little difficult at that time.
And the dilemma for the horse army now is that they don't know whether to let the cavalry retreat, and if they do, then the duck to the beak may fly. If they do not retreat, then the defense of the North and South Boundary River may be broken by the enemy with a thunderous force.
Just when Ma Jun was in a dilemma, he received news from Zhao Hao, that is, the Xiaoyao Empire sank a Russian steel warship, disrupted the establishment of a fleet of the Russian Empire, and caused the Russian Empire's southbound fleet to slow down.
Therefore, this gave Ma Jun a glimmer of hope, so he decided to fight hard. Except for the undead cavalry, the rest of the cavalry of the Xiaoyao Empire were all hunting the enemy in the West Kulun grassland, and the horse army had no intention of spitting out the fat in the mouth.
Since they had given up on retrieving the cavalry, the Ma army set its sights on the north and south boundary rivers. Now is the critical season for grain harvesting in the North and South Boundary River, and the Ma army must find out how long it will take for the grain to be harvested, as well as the transportation and reserve of grain.
In addition, there is the most headache problem, which is the nearly 700,000 prisoners of the Russian Empire. Although the Empire wants to rectify it slowly, the Russian Empire does not give them time at all, making these prisoners seem to be a burden on the Empire.
In order to prevent the sea transportation from being hijacked by the Russian Empire, the Ma army only let the transport fleet in Qilin Port stay for one day, and it was this day's time that this transport fleet took away 200,000 prisoners, not to mention, even a lot of food.
As for the remaining nearly half a million captives, the Ma army directly imprisoned them in the Qilin Auction House. This auction house is definitely the most suitable place for these captives at the moment. And from now on, all the grain of the North and South Boundary River will be transported into the International Trade City.
The purpose of the construction of the International Trade City is to run for safety. Therefore, the safest place in the entire north-south boundary river is definitely the International Trade City. If the million-strong army of the Empire can retreat to the International Trade City, then the Russian Empire will have nothing to do.
And now all the actions of the Ma army are in preparation for the retreat of the International Trade City. However, if you want to make the people of the North and South Boundary Rivers retreat into the Trade City, then it will take at least dozens of days, that is, no matter what, the North and South Boundary Rivers must hold on for more than ten days.
For three whole days, the north bank of the North-South Boundary River, close to the south of the downstream Volz City, at this time, the Russian Imperial Army had occupied the entire north bank of the North-South Boundary River, plus the army of Amur City, the Russian army camp alone was set up hundreds of kilometers.
This time the battle of the Russian Empire looks much bigger than the last time. This time, they did not choose to attack blindly, but after resting for a day, they began to assume a large siege machine, which made the whole Ma army become dignified.
Obviously, the enemy has completely learned his lesson this time, and will not attack rashly at all, but wants to use large weapons to destroy the city defenses of the Easy Empire. Once there is a large-scale collapse of the city defense, then the small north-south boundary river is not an obstacle for the Russian Empire at all.
In addition to the large equipment used to deal with the city walls, countless bed crossbows and rows of shield carts were also installed on the periphery of the Russian Empire's garrison. It is clear that the Russian Empire did not forget about the cavalry of the Western Kurlen steppe.
Calculating the time, the cavalry of the Easy Empire has basically completed the task, as long as they do not withdraw, then it will be like a sharp blade, hanging above the enemy's head, so that the enemy has to divide his energy to guard.
However, this is not a long-term solution, because all the cavalry of the Xiaoyao Empire, when they raided at the beginning, brought limited dry food, which was originally three days' food, but after holding out for five days, the Ma army could only let them withdraw back.
Of course, the Russian army didn't know that the cavalry of the Easy Empire had run out of food, otherwise they would definitely find a way to keep them. The reason why they let the cavalry of the Empire go back is also because in this way, the sharp blade hanging above their heads is equivalent to disappearing.
Only in this way will the Russian Empire attack without scruples, and will it devote all its energy to attacking the city defense of the northern and southern boundary rivers. Although the two sides tentatively attacked the sky, this made the Ma army feel huge pressure.
Just a day later, the fleet of the Russian Empire finally reached the mouth of the sea, and in this way, it almost formed a flanking attack on the Empire. As for Ma Jun, his task now is to hold out for five or six days to withdraw all the food and personnel to the International Trade City.
This time, the Russian Empire's steady attack made the Empire have no possibility of any tricks, and this time it can only bite the bullet and grit its teeth. With the same equipment and the same level, even the Ma Jun was a little lacking in confidence this time.
Although the Xiaoyao Empire belongs to the defending side and occupies a lot of advantages, the number of the Russian Empire is more than several times that of the Xiaoyao Empire, especially the attack on the Qilin Port, which makes the Ma army have no confidence.