Chapter 436: Ventilating the News Again
Fred nodded silently.
Fighting Robert, this is the biggest headache. The reason why Robert dared to do this was related to the strong support of Nicholas I, and even more to the excellent obedience of the Bimon warriors. In the case of the coalition forces, if Fred dared to blatantly send the troops of a small duchy to their deaths, it was guaranteed that a bunch of people would immediately stand up against it.
The coalition forces are not united!
If one army is sent to death, it is naturally not a big problem, but other small principalities will be afraid that the next army sent to die will be themselves. Without the army, what are the war exploits? Without the merits of the war, when the holy war is over, what right do you have to ask for a share of the results?!
So, what Robert can do, Fred can't do!
Historically, the reason why Beamon has been able to resist the conquest of the coalition forces many times is inseparable from the reason why the coalition forces themselves are not united. As for the crusade of a single country, it is even more impossible, and even Caesar is not confident that he can defeat the Beamon Empire alone. Even if it is defeated, it will be a big loss of vitality, and Caesar may not be the number one power in Oslo by then.
Doing so only gives other human nations a chance, and it is not good for Caesar, so the holy war between humans and Beamon has always been waged in the form of an alliance. If you want to lose, everyone will lose together, and once the holy war is completed, then no one will have the strength to start another war.
Hannibal couldn't help but laugh when he saw Fred's depressed appearance, "In any case, Beasley City has been taken." Even if the losses are a little bigger, but after a winter, the countries can't stand it, and the smaller principalities are now starting to tighten their belts. In such a situation, no one will dispute the loss of a quick solution. You just have to think about how to get to the city of Paglia as quickly as possible. Then the final step of His Majesty's plan can begin, and victory will finally belong to us Caesar! ”
Fred looked up at Hannibal and pouted, "I know all of this." But. Second, it's Robert across from me! Although we have now entered most of the territory of the Beamon Empire, in fact, we have no way to occupy the surrounding Beamon Empire, except for the line that has been made, the Beamon Empire is still under the control of Nicholas I. Coupled with a ruthless and slippery Robert, relying on the current coalition army, he may not be able to survive to the city of Paglia. ”
Hannibal sighed softly, "Beamon is the true master of this land, at least for the past thousands of years, and no human being is more familiar with the land beneath our feet than they are. If we were to divide our forces and occupy those small cities and villages, we would have little to gain. Second, the troops are not allowed. If you have more troops, you can't support it, and if you have fewer troops, you will definitely be killed by those Beamon orcs who are fierce and strong by nature, so. It's all about Your Majesty's plan. ”
Fred agrees that the current situation is not that they don't want to do better, but that they really don't have the strength to complete the task of completely eliminating the civilians of Beamon.
Putting Beamon's question aside for a moment, Fred thought of something else: "By the way, isn't it time for you to meet that Tushun of the Aujin clan?" He's tough and strong. It would certainly not be easy to snatch the Ten Thousand Magic Orbs out of his hands. ”
Hannibal put down the teacup in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said slowly: "People, I definitely want to meet, and I am also very curious about this supreme genius of the Aojin clan that has been seen once in ten thousand years. ”
"That'...... Today there is nothing to do. Why don't you choose tonight? Fred said casually.
"Good!" Hannibal simply complied.
The meeting between Hannibal and the invincible did not have too many waves, as one of Caesar's three major army commanders, Hannibal has always been known for his wisdom, and he spoke lightly, and he had a bit of a casual taste. He didn't show much interest in the Ten Thousand Magic Balls. If you change people, you may be deceived by Hannibal, but unfortunately Invincible is not the first time to meet the wise general of Caesar's three major legions, and he doesn't know much about Hannibal's situation.
Under a seemingly calm dinner, it was actually Hannibal's temptation of invincibility.
But. Apparently Hannibal's name is much more useful than Fred's. At the dinner, the generals of Baya and Saint-Germain were shocked to see Hannibal and immediately behaved respectfully. Also nervous.
Caesar's three legions are famous, but the prestige of the three of them is stronger than the other, if it is the legendary one-eyed dragoon general Alahan, I am afraid that none of you here can sit on the ground except invincible.
The issue of the distribution of the Ten Thousand Magic Balls, under the pressure of Hannibal, was once again shelved, and the generals of several countries did not raise objections, and the invincible would not.
Now the morale of the coalition forces is at a time when the momentum is like a rainbow, and everyone has no heart to distribute the Ten Thousand Demon Balls for the time being.
After capturing Beasley, the eastern capital of Bimon, the allied forces had opened the way to Paglia, the capital of Bimon, and there were only two oases on the road ahead, as well as the city of Barente, known as the gateway to Paglia. Because the Beamon Empire is limited to a harsh environment, there are not many real big cities, and most of the Beamon orcs are distributed in the wastelands of the Beamon Empire, but Robert has bought Beamon enough time, and the Beamon orc warriors scattered everywhere should have gathered in these places, and the next battle will be even more difficult than the front.
After ten days of adjustment, the coalition forces once again embarked on the journey to the west.
But within a few days of hitting the road, the coalition forces discovered that the usual tactics of the Beamon orcs had begun again.
Constant harassment, irregular walks of all kinds of traps, water poisoned by the orcs themselves will take at least a few months to completely remove the poison ---- scorched earth strategy!
Hannibal and Fred have nothing to do about it, the number of orcs harassed is not much, and there are only a few thousand Beamon orcs within a hundred miles along the road, these orcs are all dead soldiers, and they do everything they can, the coalition forces want to completely eliminate this handful of orcs, at least tens of thousands of people have to be used to intercept back and forth, compared to the manpower and materials consumed, the cost performance is outrageously low.
No one wanted to hunt down this crazy group of orc deadmen, because everyone knew that it was a never-ending, never-ending attack that killed thousands of orc deadmen, and there were many more orc dead men who would continue to do the same. The only solution to such a harassment is to ignore it, speed up the march, and approach the next oasis.
Fred made the same choice, and the coalition forces marched as fast as they could, rushing to the next oasis as fast as they could. Even so, the harassment of thousands of orc dead soldiers brought three or four thousand casualties to the coalition forces, and the speed of the coalition forces was also affected.
By the time the coalition forces arrived at the Oasis of Glia twenty days later, the Beamon Legion had already been set up and was ready for battle.
Invincible looked at Beamon not far away, and shook his head: No matter how powerful Robert is, he will not know that Hannibal has come. Hannibal's use of troops is very different from that of Fred, and if he calculates or not, Robert is likely to lose! It seems that I should give the old fox some warning.
That night, Robert, an old fox who had been cursed countless times, could only look at the dark shadow of the room with helpless eyes, and said in a muffled voice: "Please, Your Excellency, before entering the room next time, can you say hello first?" ”
Invincible smiled dumbly: "With the courage of the general, you won't be scared." ”
Robert shook his head with a wry smile: "I'd love to say yes." Unfortunately, this was too false for him to believe. In this world, there are things that can scare the poisonous fox, but it definitely does not include the invincible who suddenly appeared in his room, who made the invincible appear a little more often recently.
Robert has changed from the first fright to the current numbness---- no matter where he is, no matter how he strengthens his vigilance, the invincible can always quietly appear in his house again and again.
"Your Excellency has always had nothing to do, do you have any requirements for coming this time?" Robert asked, thinking about whether the exchange he had made last time with Invincible would now be possible. In his thoughts, Invincible came this time, and there was no possibility other than this reason, but Invincible's answer immediately surprised him.
"There is no request, but there is something I think should be told to the general, so as not to lose the general." Invincible said.
Robert was stunned: "What do you need to inform me of?" But he didn't know that no one under Invincible at the moment could find Robert accurately after entering the Glia Oasis under Beamon's control at night, so Invincible could only run this trip himself.
"Hannibal is coming, just one day before Beasley is broken." Invincible said the news unhurriedly, and then looked at Robert for a long time.
Robert was taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "Hannibal?" That Hannibal of Caesar's Second Legion? ”
Invincible nodded: "Except for him, I don't think there is any Hannibal in this world who can let me inform you personally." ”
Robert's face was solemn, his eyes showed a thoughtful look, and after a moment, he suddenly realized: "No wonder the style of action of the coalition forces has changed a lot during this time, it turns out that this guy Hannibal is here." ”