Chapter 1281: The Decisive Battle of the Holy Land
And those who made such a surprise and sigh were undoubtedly the noble lords of various countries and some people of insight, of course, including the rulers of the neighboring countries, whose identities determined that they had a vision and vision higher than that of ordinary people.
Although because of the suddenness of the incident, I was a little incomprehensible at first when I saw the move of Fortonmar and Prince Terryth, thinking that the two of them chose to retreat and defend because they were afraid of the concerted efforts of the Saranca Empire, although they would have some defensive advantages after entering the city, but they fell behind in morale, which was not a wise move for a decisive battle.
But as they got to know more about Fortonmar and Prince Terryth, they gradually became suspicious of their own speculation, because in their opinion, even they would not make such a mistake, and it was really suspicious to appear in these two people, and after some serious thinking, they suddenly discovered the main reason for this.
Although they have been at war, it has been two years since the beginning of the war with the previous Holy Falcon Alliance, and although the strong fighting spirit of the barbarian warriors has allowed them to withstand this test, and in the face of various setbacks, and even after the king was killed with a large number of noble lords, the people's living standards have directly declined for them who are relatively backward in the production economy.
Finally, due to the civil strife of the Holy Falcon Alliance, they could have survived the most difficult year, but Fortonmar and Prince Terryth forced their way into the Saranca Empire last year when everyone thought it was too good for a truce.
Originally, I thought that these two people were war maniacs, and they only did this because they were warlike, but now that I think about it, it turns out that they had premeditated and invaded so many towns and towns during the harvest of grain and grass in the autumn, but they deliberately drove the barbarian civilians here to the rear of the Saranka Empire, and after a cold winter of consumption, the materials and grain and grass needed for people's lives will definitely be more scarce.
Later, in order to deal with these two people, the Saranca Empire decided to concentrate a large number of local troops in the Holy Land, preparing for the final battle with it, but as everyone knows, the arrival of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, in addition to the increase in strength, the consumption of materials is also followed, and the daily consumption here is undoubtedly even greater, not to mention the expenditure in the royal court, but only the daily consumption of the major noble lords who gave up their own leadership to bring troops over for the safety of the royal court, and entrenched in this holy land, is also an astronomical amount when you think about it.
Needless to say, the bravery of the barbarians on the battlefield, but the millions of warriors, coupled with the consumption of countless inhabitants in the royal court of the Saranka Empire, once the supply is not available, it will be a big problem.
What's more, in people's opinion, this situation may be better for other races, such as the human race and the elf race, they eat less and obey the order, and the people in power can control it, and even those races in the demon race and the underground world, although they are not orderly, but they are also rude, and even a little evil, but they have an extremely strict relationship between superiors and subordinates, as long as the leader is present, they can also be suppressed by bloody hands.
However, in addition to the amazing amount of food, the barbarians are naturally disobedient to discipline, and although they belong to the same empire, they are mostly divided by groups and tribes, once there is a problem with food and grass, the situation will undoubtedly be very serious.
At this moment, they came to their senses, it turned out that the legendary Duke Verton Marr and Prince Terryth, although they looked imposing, but in private, they had been planning for this decisive battle as early as last year, including the forced choice of the timing of entry last year, and the move of driving a large number of civilians to the rear of Saranca in the process.
It even seemed to them that not long ago, they had taken the opportunity to warn the others on the pretext of bloodbathing the cities of their neighbors, and then suddenly launched a straight line attack, which made the lords of the last cities rush into the Holy Land with their troops, just to prevent these cities from transporting grain and grass safely.
This final battle related to the fate of the Saranca Empire, everyone thought that it was just the beginning, but in fact, it had started as early as last year, but the people who started the attack of Fortunmar and Prince Terryth did not notice it, and when they saw this clearly, it was too late.
Sure enough, the method of forcible attack chosen by the Royal Court of the Saranca Empire, after seeing the actions of Fortonmar and Prince Terryth, also seemed to indicate this.
And when the latter faced the attack of the Saranca Empire's coalition forces, in addition to resisting for a day or two, before the opponent's main army came, he directly withdrew from the city and rushed to the next moment to approach the city, which was also a clear move to drag the other party.
Looking at the cities that had been rejected by the fire after the withdrawal of the army of Fortonmar and Prince Terres, the people at this time couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Because of the importance of this battle, it was expected to be a fierce and even historically significant battle, but at this time, people were shocked to find that the battle in this area was a little dazzling.
The Saranca Empire is still mad, and with millions of warriors marching out, they are like giant elephants in a state of madness, desperately chasing after the enemy in front of them, trying to trample them to pieces.
On the side of Fortonmar and Prince Terryth, in the face of such a decisive battle, not only did they not increase their troops, but surprisingly withdrew nearly half of their troops, and divided the remaining forces into several legions again, like two adult male lions, with their own lion herds around the left and right of the giant elephants, using the advantages of their own strength speed and rank, constantly destroying the vanguard of the Saranka Empire or the tribal legions that deviated from the main force.
Although they knew the current situation of the Issaranka Empire, in addition to annihilating the invading Prince Vertunmar and Prince Terryth, even if they returned to the Holy Land, they would only wait for destruction, but what people did not expect was that the impact of grain and grass on them would be so serious, and only ten days later, the information reports of some nearby empires had already discovered that there was chaos on the side of the coalition army of the Saranka Empire.
Thinking about it, it is also that it has just experienced a full-scale battlefield that has not been encountered for decades, and was robbed of grain and grass in the second year, coupled with a large number of civilians being driven to a small area, surviving a long winter, with the relatively backward production economy of the barbarians, it is not easy to support it until now.
As for some people who think that the teleportation array in the royal court can bring some grain and grass back, but first of all, not to mention that with the habits of the barbarians, the target cities of their teleportation array are limited, and even in the cities that can be teleported, there is enough grain and grass to sell to them, but first of all, any teleportation array is not infinitely teleported, not to mention that with the barbarians' understanding of space magic, this number will only be less.
Although this method can indeed bring back a little grain and grass, compared to the millions of warriors near the royal court at this time, not to mention the number of ordinary barbarian civilians who are far many times larger, it is obviously impossible to rely on the teleportation array to transport grain and grass to protect everyone.
The chaos came so quickly, and with all kinds of information coming in, only a few more days passed, and the confusion had affected the whole situation, and when they received a tip that morning, a tribal group had withdrawn from the Saranka coalition overnight, and the people could not help but sigh and understand that the Saranca side was gone.
With the exception of the towns that had been captured at the time of their arrival, all the cities in the vicinity of the Holy Land were in disarray by the time Verton Mar and Prince Terres divided their forces, and when the first tribe withdrew from the royal court, this phenomenon spread like a plague, and in the following days, another lord chose to flee.
Valiant barbarian warriors! Don't be afraid of even a life-and-death battle! But letting them starve to death alive is something that instinct cannot accept, not to mention that in so many days of fruitless and even a bit boring chase, seeing the powerlessness of the new successor king, but only caring about the royal army, especially when those divine envoys are worshipped, although they dare not protest, their morale and confidence have suffered a serious setback.
With the passage of time, this war related to the fate of the Saranca Empire finally began, although for the dignity of its own side, the Saranca royal court at this time, like many famous barbarian battles, gave up its own defensive battles, and its own not strong fortifications, and chose the location in the open area about seventy miles in front of the royal court.
But in terms of numbers, at this time, there are less than one million left in this royal court legion, not to mention the noble legions from all over the country that came to support before, they are missing at this moment, and even people remember that the original strength of this royal court seems to be more than that.
And what they were facing was an elite army of hundreds of thousands more than them after Vertonmar and Prince Terryth gathered again, and for those who had been paying attention to the situation here, they couldn't help but sigh after seeing all this.
At the beginning of the decisive battle! The battle situation Fang Zhan was as everyone imagined, facing the two sides of Vertonmar and Prince Terryth, who had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and rank, the royal court legions of the Saranka Empire were powerless at all, although relying on instinctive madness, they took the lead in rushing into the invaders' legions, but what awaited them was a bloody massacre.
However, to everyone's surprise, in this very passive and even somewhat tragic situation, when the core forces of the Saranca Royal Court Army were dispatched, they not only resisted the powerful offensive of the armies of Vertonmar and Prince Terres in one fell swoop, but also seemed to gradually occupy the initiative on the battlefield.