Chapter 496: Pressing
On October 8, the coalition forces, under the pressure of the Perkins group, had to shrink their defensive lines, compress their defensive formations, and hold Bull City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Under such circumstances, it was already difficult for Pehince to continue to achieve further victories on the frontal battlefield.
But that doesn't mean she doesn't have another way.
When the coalition is broken up in the defense of the entire Bulls frontline and can only defend at fixed points, this line of defense is no different from non-existence for Pexins.
Her main force, which remained under Bull City, confronted Count Sade's legions, and some large-scale battles broke out between the two sides.
But at the same time, Major General Elder, with a corps of more than 7,000 elite soldiers, quickly bypassed Bull City and launched an attack towards the hinterland of the Duchy of Florence.
The Bull City Defense Line is a big concept, and it doesn't just refer to a city. The so-called defense line is actually a large defensive area with Bull City as the core and radiating to the periphery. Holding this defensive zone will prevent the Hindlaires from attacking the interior of the principality of Florence.
And when the coalition forces were able to hold only one point and lost control of the entire face, they had no way to stop the Hindlaires from making a detour.
Even, due to the excessive concentration of troops, the garrison of the Florentines in the lands after Bull City can almost be said to be pitiful.
Within two days, Elder had marched wildly, linking thirteen towns. It was not until the 10th of October, in the capital of the kingdom of Pudri, in the Silver and White City, that the peace conference that brought together the diplomatic ambassadors of the five countries began, and Elder's army had reached its deepest point.
His troops, even approaching the city of Bauhinia directly, only two days away, frightened the Grand Duke of Florence into sweating!
There were more than 10,000 elite defenders in the city of Bauhinia who were ready for war when they got the news that Elder was approaching. At the same time, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke and the Council of Florence Nobles were very angry and sent more than a dozen orders to Count Sade.
These dozen or so orders were issued in succession over a period of two or three days. Almost every few hours, a new order arrives at Saad. At first, the tone of the command, although stressful, at least said that THAAD was required to replenish the defensive line as soon as possible to prevent further enemy infiltration.
Later, the tone of this order changed to a reproach, saying that he was suspected of dereliction of duty, and that he had failed to complete the mission given by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke.
Finally, when Elder's army approached the City of Bauhinia, the order became a bit hysterical, forcing Thad to abandon Bull City and return to the City of Bauhinia to take charge of the defense of the capital.
Count Sade was very helpless.
From his point of view, it is obvious that Pehins's move is to put double pressure on him from both military and political perspectives.
From a purely military point of view, the royal way to victory is to defend Bull City, wait for the enemy to take the initiative to attack, and try to kill the opponent when the enemy is attacking the city, and then attack in a big way when gaining a certain advantage.
But it can't be said that war is always for the sake of politics.
The Florentines could not have accepted the end of the occupation of the capital. Not to mention, when the capital was breached, the nobles, and even the Grand Duke of Florence himself, had nowhere to flee - there were enemy armies on land, and even more so at sea.
And once the head of state of Florence was captured by the Sindelaretes...... No matter how beautifully he fought the war in Bull City, it can only be said that it was a complete defeat, and even the entire principality would probably not be far from extinction at that time.
Although, Sade knew that abandoning the entire army of Bull City and returning to the City of Bauhinia was a spoiled idea. The danger on the road is very great, you know, although Elder has taken some of the elite, but the army of the woman in Pehin is still under Bull City.
More than half a month ago, Sade still remembers the incident on the way back from the border to Bull City. The mobility of the Komyrya Legion is still fresh in people's minds, and many of the coalition soldiers were torn apart from the large army and annihilated in formations under the pursuit of Pehins.
Even, Sade was convinced that this must be a huge trap and a conspiracy. Pehins, on the other side, was waiting for him to evacuate Bull City. When the time comes, there will definitely be a huge pit that will be placed in his way to retreat, just waiting for him to fall into it himself.
But don't you go back to the line?
Definitely not.
No matter how unhappy Count Sade was, he could only order the army to prepare for evacuation immediately.
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The next day, October 11.
In the capital of the Kingdom of Pudri, the Silver City, the Kingdom of Sindlaire, the Kingdom of Pudri, the Duchy of Florence, the Kingdom of Holy Victoria, the New Empire of Holy Prometry, and the envoys of the five countries gathered together.
Another invisible war, no less fierce than the frontal battlefield, was fought in the city.
The ambassadors were at loggerheads, and in the palace of Queen Susan Bella, there was a very fierce debate.
Ambassador Sindelare, the saliva of envoys from four countries seemed completely overwhelmed by one person.
People quote scriptures, from history to law, and from law to morality, and from countless aspects, criticize the kingdom of Sindelare as useless, like the most evil country in the world. Schindlaire's diplomatic ambassador often sat on the other side of the table, passively listening to the words of others, and was about to drown in saliva.
But he also has his strategy: to follow the instructions given by Prime Minister Verina before coming to the Silver and White Capital, and not to let go of the conditions before the Battle of Bulltown and the battle in the Duchy of Florence are not completely clear. Minor concessions could be made on war reparations, on some public strategies and commercial trade policy conditions.
Of course, such concessions are actually insincere. No one could accept the terms of the Hindlaire, and the negotiations, which seemed to be very intense, were essentially a meaningless war of words.
Although the negotiations have begun, they are not yet open. The only thing that determines the final tone of this negotiation is the outcome on the battlefield!
On the same day, Count Sade left Bull City with more than 60,000 warriors.