The newly created Forest Nation is experiencing a cold winter, as is the Fifth Army in Orlando Province, north of Ahasia.

Orlando Province, where the Fifth Army is located, has been attacked by the Arad army and the armies of the barbarian countries from the north and south for more than ten months, at first in the military attack, the Fifth Army not only did not suffer losses, but also firmly gained the upper hand, but later due to the disparity in strength and the supply line from the Lojia River Plain to the city of Bobohua is too long, there is a serious shortage of materials, so it has to shrink the defense, and concentrate its forces on the three-point and one-line defensive front of the fortress of Kuba, the city of Bobohua and the city of Van Gaal. With Simak's stronghold of Bobohua as the center, Habaisa and Wicks in the north used the fortress of Kuba as a barrier to defend against the barbarians, and Mevo and Corincha in the southeast used Van Gaal as a stronghold to defend against the attack of Arad in the south.

Since the Fifth Army incorporated 50,000 men from the Kuba Fortress in Habaisa, the total strength once reached 330,000, but the barbarian countries maintained more than 200,000 troops in the Ural Grand Canyon outside the Kuba Fortress for a long time, and continued to attack the Kuba Fortress, and both sides suffered heavy losses; In addition, the 200,000 troops of Mevo and Korincha in Van Gaal City also faced a frantic attack on the 400,000 Arad army, the transportation and supply lines of the Rodja River Plain were cut off, and most of the supplies needed to cross the Pamela Mountains, and the roads were difficult and long, so the Fifth Army gradually lost the upper hand.

It wasn't until the height of summer that the arrival of 120,000 reinforcements from Maria and Elva stopped the passive situation. Maria's 40,000 Praetorian Guards and 500 royal griffons, starting from the city of Zolma, marched south for more than 300 kilometers to the harbor of the Fourth Legion, sailed more than 1,000 kilometers east along the coastline by sea, arrived at the port of Truto, changed to river boats, and sailed north from Truto along the lower reaches of the Rodja River, sailing more than 500 kilometers to the river port of Amman City, and after a round with Elva's 60,000 troops, they continued north along the river and sailed 1,600 kilometers to the mouth of the Rodja River Plain, and then transferred 20,000 troops from the Rodja River Plain. Forming a total strength of 120,000 reinforcements, all the way to the west, after marching more than 700 kilometers, captured the city of Mountbatten on the east bank of the Leiden River, the total journey of the general 3,400 kilometers, starting from the spring, on the way the vehicle and ship changed many times, and after two major military reorganization, lasted three months, finally reached the east battlefield of the Fifth Army, occupied the city of Mountbatten on the east bank of the Leiden River.

Mountbatten City is located less than 200 kilometers south of Van Gaal City, and its geographical location is extremely important, which can prevent the penetration of the Arad army into the direction of the Rodja River Plain to the west, and deter all the Rodja River Plain on the east bank of the Leiden River and the remnants of the Arad coalition army outside the Silent Forest, forcing these people to flee in a hurry and retreat eastward to the defense area of the Fourth War Zone; To the east, the land supply line from the Luojia River to Bobohua City can be protected, so that this supply line does not have to cross the Pamela Mountains anymore, shorten the difficulty of supplying from the river, and echo with Van Gaal City to the north, relieving the defensive pressure of the three points and one line of Kuba Fortress, Bobo Hua City, and Van Gaal City, and turning it into a four-point and one-line area, turning the entire Luojia River Plain and the Silent Forest from the front line to the rear, the general rear of the Fifth Army, so that the defenders of the Luojia River Plain and the Silent Forest can be relieved. Siscoli, who guarded the Silent Forest, reorganized the remaining 100,000 troops in the Luojia River Plain and the Silent Forest, and transferred himself to the Luojia River Plain to cope with the battle situation in Orlando Province, which is more than 800 kilometers away, and was fully responsible for the supply line of the Fifth War Zone.

The arrival of Maria and Elva reinforcements strategically reversed the passive situation of the Fifth Army, so that the Fifth Army finally gained a firm foothold after recapturing the base camp of the Fifth Army in Bobohua City for a year, although strategically it was still on the defensive overall, but for Arad, not being able to quickly eliminate the Fifth Army would lead to his own passivity everywhere in the south, and he was attacked by the First and Second Army Corps one after another, and was forced to gradually give up the Fender River defense line occupied in recent years, and the pressure on Catherine's living space was finally relaxed.

In addition, the newly formed Third Army, led by Shante and Colenva, in cooperation with the Catholics, has basically taken control of the province of Camillo, and the fifth theater of Arad has effectively existed in name only, and the province of Camillo is still nominally Arrad's territory, but in fact it is rotten flesh.

Before Higg led the Fifth Army to attack the territory of the Third War Zone, Arad occupied more than two-thirds of the territory of Erathia, and the actual control reached more than half, but after the Third War Zone was eliminated, a large area of territory in the Third War Zone and the Sixth War Zone was divided by Catherine's First and Second Army Corps, and the northern battlefield from Bobohua City to the east across the vast area of the Pamela Mountains, the Rodja River Plain and the Silent Forest was actually controlled by the Fifth Army Corps, plus the Fifth War Zone was gradually replaced by the Fourth Army of Shante, The territory that Arad actually controls now is mainly centered on the Guanzhong Plain, south to the Fender River, and north to the Manhal Plain, and the territory occupied by Arad is now only one-third of that of Aracya, and the number of troops is also at a disadvantage, and the situation has undergone a serious reversal, in addition to the confrontation with the Fifth Army, the main forces of Arad are now concentrated in the Guanzhong Plain, where the city of Crodina is located, as the center, shrinking the defense, and the two sides present a short balanced confrontation. It's just that this kind of balanced confrontation is different from the balanced confrontation a few years ago, in the previous few years, the Arad attacker took the initiative, and now in the confrontation, the attacking side has become the aggressive Catherine camp, especially in the Fender River defense line, as long as there is a slight loophole, the first and second armies will find an opportunity to compress Arad's living space again.

Higg has been back in Bobo City for four months, and he is still quite satisfied with the current situation of the Fifth Legion, as long as he can hold on, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to Arad, whose space is severely compressed. However, Higg did not want the civil war in Erathia to drag on for longer, he wanted to quickly eliminate the Arad forces and end the civil war in Erathia quickly.

Many high-ranking members of the Fifth Legion, including Simaks, hoped that Higg would be patient, because no matter in terms of the number of troops, material conditions or the current situation, the Fifth Army could not support a big battle like the elimination of the Third War Zone, which was completed by the Fifth Army after spending several years of savings, thick and thin, and with the help of the wealthy Fuxing City.

Of course, time can be exchanged for space, although it is desirable, but this time is too long, just like when Arad was in an offensive situation, he also wanted to exchange space with time, and as a result, Higg seized the opportunity.

The quick win strategy seems to be very unworthy, because the Aracians have already sacrificed too much, and even more people will die if they try to forcibly eliminate the forces of Arad when the forces of Arad are still so strong.

This is the first time that Higg has organized an all-army conference since he left the Fifth Army for more than a year and a half, except for Blue Fairy and Thomas who were in Swan Lake, all the other Fifth Army members participated, including Maria and Elva in Mountbatten City, as well as Lufasi, Sindorf and Noah who came from Revival City, as for Delonso, because Rainbow Island will hold the twelve-year Middle-earth World Magic Conference in the springAs a promise made by Higg when Rainbow Island supported Fuxing City, Delongso went to Rainbow Island early.

"Ben Shuai knows that it will be difficult to convince the generals to agree with Ben Shuai's idea!" "But trust Ben Shuai, who is not going to do this on a whim," Higg said to all the senior officers at the military meeting. Although we look at the current situation, as long as we resist the attack of the barbarian country, it is entirely possible to spend ten or eight years to completely consume Arad to death, you may think that this is not cost-effective, then, this commander will give you a calculation today, whether it is cost-effective or not! ”

"We start by analysing the risks. It is not new to use time to wear down the strength of the other party, because for more than ten years, Arad himself has done this, and the Arad camp, which was in the opposite position at that time, tried to slowly encroach on the Qinwang camp in this way, and it was indeed successful at the beginning, causing the Qinwang camp to retreat one after another, and almost a quarter of the territory remained. But so what, after holding on to the advantage for ten years, it was finally overlooked, and our Fifth Army seized the loophole, completely ate the third theater, and piggybacked on the elimination of 200,000 people in the fourth theater, so that Arad returned to the state when the army was raised almost overnight. Using time to drag down the opponent, although it seems to be effective, but the time is too long, we dare not guarantee, if we drag it out for another ten or eight years, what kind of changes will happen to the situation in Alasia, although for the time being, I can't see that Arad has any countermeasures, but who can guarantee that there will be no internal problems in Catherine's camp? If that's the case, then it is possible that the one who returned to the pre-liberation period overnight will be replaced by us! Therefore, it is advisable to use the method of dragging, but it will take at least ten years, the risk is too great, the changes in the middle are too great, it is inevitable that there will be any accidents, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, and we cannot give Arad any respite! ”

"Marshal!" Simak said, "It's not that we don't want to end the civil war early, the current situation, although the Qinwang camp has an advantage in terms of troops and resources, but the advantage is not obvious, we need time to expand our first advantage, slowly encroach on Arad's power and territory, and widen the gap with Arad." The elimination of the Third War Zone has cost the Fifth Army and Fuxing City 300,000 soldiers and civilians, and the Fifth Army is already at the end of its power! Although this is a grand strategy, the sacrifice made in exchange for the result is worth it, but now we have to deal with Arad who is shrinking the defense, even if we can defeat in the end, how many people will have to be killed and wounded, it will not be 300,000, it may be 3 million! ”

"General Simak, you only counted the number of casualties in the army, why don't you count the number of casualties among the people of Erathia?" Higg said, "If the war starts quickly, it will take three years at most, even if there are three million or more soldiers killed or wounded, it will be limited, but if you rely on delay, and let Arad die and fight, how many billions of people will be killed and wounded? The longer it drags on, the more it hurts the vitality of the Erathia Empire, even if we can win after ten years, but Alasia has already suffered a great loss of vitality, whether it is population, arable land, workshops, commerce, villages, cities, etc., it will be devastated, and it will take at least ten years to recover, can you afford to wait? You only considered the problem from the position of the Fifth Legion, when did you think about the problem from the position of His Majesty, and really think about the future and destiny of Erathia? ”