On the plains of Haman, Mevo had less than 160,000 troops, but had to face an attack by the enemy's 400,000 troops. Mewo, who is good at defense, used to be forced to defend with the enemy as a last resort, because his Chinese Guards Battalion was formed on the basis of the Bagua Array, and at first it was mostly infantry, and his excitement ability was not strong, so he could only carry it hard. But after a few years of evolution, Mevo became more and more comfortable in the comprehension of the Bagua Array, and applied the Bagua Array to the battle of the Grand Army. In addition, his Chinese Guards Battalion has added a large number of phantom archers, elven marksmen, and sharpshooters with extremely strong attack power, so that the original Bagua Array, which has a strong defense but a weak attack, can only defend passively and rarely take the initiative to attack.

Now, the Chinese Guards Battalion is not what it used to be, the defense has not weakened, but it has begun to form a three-dimensional attack mode, but it is a pity that the Fifth Army has always lacked air power like the Griffin, otherwise it will be more perfect. On the northern shore of the plain of the Haman River, Mevo took an active defensive posture.

First of all, it was necessary to build arrow towers and crossbow chariot towers along the important crossings of the Haman River and the possible places where the enemy might cross the river, and to build guard posts in units of 100 people to monitor the enemy's situation on the other side of the river and focus on the deployment of defenses.

Secondly, three military camps were to be built in the middle of the north bank of the river, and the main army was stationed in the barracks to respond to reinforcements at any time. Mevo was not worried about the enemy crossing the river to fight, he had absolute confidence to destroy any enemy who crossed the river, and even turned south to the Guanzhong Plain, where the city of Crodina was located.

After several attempts to cross the river, although the crossing of the river was very logical, each time the army crossing the river was only 20,000 or 30,000 men, the enemy's main army appeared at the place of the river crossing, and concentrated superior forces to destroy the army crossing the river. If the river is crossed in multiple places, Mevo will also focus on attacking the enemy troops at one or two points, and will not be greedy for merit, as long as he does not spread his forces too much, even if the enemy can cross the river and enter the hinterland of the Fifth Army, it will be impossible to gain a firm foothold. Because Orlando Province was already poor and resolutely implemented the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, even if Arad's army completely destroyed Orlando Province, as long as the main force of the Fifth Army was still there and the city of Bobohua was still there, they would not dare to stay here. Fighting on the home ground of the Fifth Army, coupled with the fact that the main force of the Fifth Army led by Mevo is the champion of defense, the enemy who has no chance to take advantage does not dare to go too deep into the hinterland of the Fifth Army before destroying the main force of Mevo.

The reason why the Fifth Army's defense line along the river is so impressive, in addition to the increased combat strength of the Fifth Army, the most important thing is that the Arad camp is not what it used to be, the strength is obviously insufficient, and the Fifth Army is very jealous, plus the first and second armies in the south continue to move frequently against Arad's army, the civil war of the entire Alasia Empire is in a dynamic balance, and it has returned to the situation of changing the king's banner at the head of the city, sometimes the two sides fight for a city, a fortress, a ferry or even a hilltop position, Back and forth. Catherine's camp, which has been fully dominant, wants to use this tactic to drag down the Arad camp, which has been completely closed.

But Arad was not useless, and after the First Legion sent two hundred paladins to reinforce the army attacking the Fifth Legion, the situation began to change subtly.

Mevo, who held out for nearly two months, suffered heavy losses under the blows of the Arad army with the Paladin Legion and a large number of griffin legions, and finally gradually lost the defense line along the river, and finally had to gradually withdraw the army to Van Gaal, less than 100 kilometers southeast of Bobohua City, which was east of Van Gaal City and echoed the Bobohua City.

The defense of the city was to avoid the overwhelming paladin legion, and in this way, half of Orlando Province had fallen, and the Fifth Legion had become difficult again.

Most of the materials in the Luojia River Plain were originally transported out of the Luojia River Plain by carts and horses, and then transported to the Leiden River by boat by tributaries of the Leiden River Basin, and transported from the Leiden River upstream to Orlando Province, but now this route is obviously no longer feasible, because the south of Van Gaal City has been completely controlled by the Arad coalition army, not only the materials cannot be transported, but even the gateway to the Luojia River Plain has been opened, but Arad has no extra troops, otherwise it is very likely to blockade the Rojia River Plain again.

The materials of the Fifth Army could not be obtained from the trade of the Urals, nor could they be obtained from the original route of the Luojia River Plain, and the only logistical supply line was the withdrawal of the Fifth Army to the Pamela Plateau in the Luojia River Plain, but this route was too difficult and difficult to travel, and the supply was limited, which was not enough to maintain the use of more than 200,000 people in the base camp of the Fifth Army.

The Fifth Legion seems to be back in the dead knot of the Montgotherian era, struggling. However, in the hearts of Simak and Mevo, they knew very well that this was Arad in his death throes, spending so much energy against the Fifth Legion, their interests in the south would be seriously damaged, and if the other armies of Catherine's camp could not seize the opportunity created for them by the Fifth Legion, then it would really be hopeless.

Bet! The Fifth Legion is gambling, and so is Arad. The people of Erathia, even the Barbarian Nation, have their eyes set on the province of Orlando and the city of Bobohua.

As long as the Fifth Legion can't withstand the attack of Arad and the Barbarians, then Arad can be considered alive, and will soon unify the North with the help of the Barbarians, which is a great opportunity for Arad.

As long as the First and Second Army Corps can open up the situation, it will not only be it itself that will be attacked by the north and south, but the entire territory of Arad will also be caught in the north and south, with the fifth army in the north and the first and second armies in the north and south.

However, whether it is Arad or the Fifth Legion, although they have made bets, the cards that control the situation are not in their hands. Arad had his cards in the hands of the barbarians, and he pinned his hopes on the barbarians to make substantial progress, break through the fortress of Kuba, and the Fifth Army would collapse without a fight. The Fifth Army hoped that the First and Second Army Corps would do something and continue to put enough pressure on Arad, then Arad would always collapse.

Whoever can't hold on first is the loser......

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At this time, Dolma City, Catherine's Partial Ann Royal City, was divided into two factions on how to deal with the current situation.

The first radical faction, led by Marshal Guayada of the Second Army, advocated taking advantage of this golden opportunity to launch an all-out attack on Arad, forcing Arad to withdraw his northern army and relieve the siege of the Fifth Army, and the First and Second Armies would be able to at least recover all the defense lines along the river.

The other faction was the conservative faction, represented by Marshal Krusov of the First Army, who advocated a focused counterattack, a steady and steady advance, and at the same time, sent representatives to negotiate peace with the barbarian countries to relieve the danger of the Fifth Army.

The two factions have an equal number of supporters, and each has its own opinions and arguments.

The radicals believe that they have an advantage in the first place, and the Fifth Army has pinned down more than 400,000 Arad troops, and if the whole line counterattacks and forms a north-south flank attack with the Fifth Army Corps against Arad, even if they cannot completely defeat the Arad camp immediately, they can also take this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the opponent and regain the defense line along the river, and if they grind and chirp and advance slowly, and do not put enough pressure on Arad, then the Fifth Army will not be able to hold on and will be strangled by the barbarian country and Arad's army, at that time, the situation will be reversed immediately.

The conservatives believe that although they now have a certain advantage over Arad, it is not enough to form an overwhelming force, coupled with the haste of time and insufficient preparations, and if they attack on all fronts, Arad must be prepared, and if the combat command and coordination of this large corps is not good, it is likely to fall into the trap of the enemy, so they advocate a steady and steady attack. As for the alliance of the barbarian country of Arad, it is nothing more than wanting to get a piece of the pie from the civil war of the Alasia Empire, and it is completely possible to send someone to negotiate peace, and if the other party has any requirements, it is completely possible to agree first, and wait until the Arad camp is eliminated and the entire territory of Alasia is recovered, and if the promise is not fulfilled, it will be up to the barbarian country to speak.

Both sides have a point, and the reasons are so good that Catherine can barely argue with either side.

"Your Majesty!" "After more than a decade of civil war, our camp has finally reached the situation we have today, and we should gradually expand this advantage, rather than acting rashly to find our loopholes for Arad." Since Arad dares to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Fifth Legion, he must be on guard against our army, and the Fifth Legion's combat strength is second to none in Alasia, and we have reason to believe that they will definitely be able to hold on! ”

"Hahaha, Marshal Krusov, you are really getting older and more cowardly!" Guayada laughed and said, "After the elimination of Sampu in the third theater, our army has gained the initiative in the situation, but I didn't expect that it was not our side that launched the attack first, but Arad who was on the passive disadvantaged side. How did the situation come about today? To put it mildly, it is all due to the Fifth Army and the Fuxing City, including the establishment of the Third Army Corps in Shante and Colenva, and the establishment of the Navy of the Fourth Army, all of which were created by Marshal Higg alone. The Fifth Army Corps took the initiative to go to Orlando Province to recover the base camp of Bobo Hua City, and went deep alone, in order to encircle the army of Arad, and I have to admit that this is really a good move and an advanced strategic layout. I admired Marshal Higg's strategic vision so much that I was ashamed of myself. But the Fifth Army took such a big risk to create an opportunity for us, but we didn't cherish it, and we still had to slow down, saying that it was too risky, hahaha, Marshal Krusov, were you scared by Arad? It's ridiculous that the Fifth Legion dares to take risks and go deep into enemy territory alone, but we have to be careful to spank Arad from behind! I would like to ask Marshal Krusov, is the Fifth Legion still not a force in the camp of King Qin, and if so, we are going to watch them being gradually consumed and wiped out by the barbarian countries and Arad without being saved? If the Fifth Legion sees that our army does not move, and makes peace with the barbarians, or makes peace with Arad, and the barbarian army drives straight in, when will our Alasia Empire be recovered? ”