Chapter 574: At the Foot of the Royal City
Immediately after dawn, Mapote's army sounded the horn of rally......
Two hours later, the army was assembled, and the five infantry columns, each of 10,000 men, under the cover of heavy shields, quickly and steadily advanced towards the camp of Korincha, and the three hundred griffons in the air also swooped down on the enemy's camp in mid-air.
The subsequent cavalry and baggage soldiers also followed slowly, and this speed ensured that even if the horse fell into the pit, it would not be too injured, and the knight would not fall off the horse.
Relying on this steady way of advancing, Ma Potter used his absolute superiority in strength to break through the trap position and rush into the enemy's military camp without any hindrance.
The vanguard infantry who entered the barracks were immediately dumbfounded, and they found that there was no one in the barracks, thousands of wooden figures made of straw or wooden shelves, wearing soldiers' battle armor, and they could not be seen as dummies from a distance, all the camp tents had not been dismantled, and there were remnants of bonfires inside and outside the camp tents, hundreds of crossbow chariots, catapults, and countless equipment, materials, and military rations, which were neatly piled up in the center of the barracks, which made people puzzled.
Getting the news, Mabot and Nyala hurried to the enemy's camp and found that it was exactly as the soldiers had described.
"Hahaha, the marshal pointed out by the soldiers, and the enemy fled from the wind!" Nyala laughed and said, "It seems that the Marshal has completely scared the Fifth Legion!" ”
Ignoring Nyala's sneering, Mabot immediately ordered a search of the tent. The departure of the enemy cannot be a rout, but an initiative to give up the camp, otherwise, the camp should be messy. But the enemy who took the initiative to evacuate, even if he couldn't take away the military supplies, should have been burned or completely smashed, why did he stack them neatly, as if he were giving a gift?
"Lord Marshal, there is a letter in the Chinese military tent!" The soldiers who searched everywhere handed Mapote an envelope with the words "Marshal Marpote of the Fourth War Zone" written on it.
Ma Potter felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and immediately opened the letter in public, only to see that it read: "Marshal Marbot, I'm really sorry, I didn't know yesterday that it was the marshal's vanguard who broke the formation, causing a misunderstanding, which is really unexpected." Today, I learned that the marshal was coming in person, and the special military camp was presented to the marshal as it was, and the march route had been marked in the trap horse pit formation. We are waiting for the marshal under the royal city, and on the day the marshal arrives in the royal city, our army will retreat to show respect! "The inscription reads Korincha, deputy commander of the Fifth Army Guards Battalion.
Marbot was furious, this was obviously a wedge between himself and Chincha, which made Arad suspicious of himself, he didn't do anything at all, and now he couldn't speak clearly. Seeing Nia stretching his neck and leaning over, Marpot simply handed him the letter, and then said to the herald: "Send someone to find out the enemy's marked march at once!" ”
"Yes, Marshal!"
"Lord Qincha, this is obviously the enemy's discord between me and the court and His Majesty, don't believe in being fooled!" Seeing Nyala's uncertain expression, Mapotte quickly explained.
"Lord Marshal, the enemy has just left, and there is still time to pursue!" Nyala said, "The marshal sent cavalry day and night, no matter how fast the enemy is, but without cavalry, within two days, he will definitely be able to catch up!" ”
"Where to chase?" Marbot laughed, "Can Lord Chincha determine the direction of the enemy's retreat?" Now the enemy is evacuated from three ways, which way is the main force, which way is the suspicious soldiers, or is the enemy simply scattered and evacuated? ”
Nyala said: "Then the soldiers are divided into three roads, of which there are more people in the middle lane, if the enemy situation is found in the east and west roads, you can use wolf smoke to warn, and the middle lane can respond at any time!" ”
"The enemy retreats calmly, it is impossible not to guard against the pursuit of our army, if my cavalry is scattered, it is just in the trap of the enemy!" "In any case, the final target and assembly point of the enemy is the city of Crodine, and we will go straight there, and let them do whatever they want, and I will not move!" Send out patrol cavalry to investigate the enemy! ”
"Marshal, too, is too careful!" Nyala was a little unhappy, now the Guanzhong Plain was in a hurry, but Ma Potter was so cautious, which made him really a little annoyed, "After all, the strength of the Fifth Legion to enter the Guanzhong Plain is limited, we should not let go of any opportunity to destroy the enemy's living forces!" ”
"Lord Marshal, you have found out clearly, those marked roads do not have any traps, and they can be safely passed!" The soldiers who were scouting the trap came to report.
Ma Potter really didn't know whether to be happy or angry, the enemy gave him gifts one after another, and also helped him break the trap that he had spent time and effort arranging, what did this mean? He has to accept such a gift, and he has to accept it if he doesn't accept it, but it's too hot to receive. Ma Potter was even thinking about whether the Fifth Legion was trying to curry favor with him, whether it was a trick or a co-optation, and even he was a little confused!
In any case, he finally entered the Guanzhong Plain without danger. Ma Potter ordered the 100,000 people who left the pass to march immediately to the city of Krodina, but the 100,000 people stationed outside the Yuping Pass did not receive the order to set off, but drove directly into the camp of Kolincha, stationed on the spot, and waited for the order.
Nyala didn't know about Mapote's movements, and he didn't know that there were only 100,000 horses who accompanied him to the city of Crodina.
Marport's cavalry did not dare to rush too forward, and divided his troops to pursue Corincha's army, once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, he preferred to believe that Corincha must have prepared to deal with himself than to take this risk.
With a distance of more than 300 kilometers, it took five days to reach the city of Croatia. At noon on the sixth day, the largest city in Erathia, Crodina was in sight, and Marpot ordered the army to proceed cautiously.
Outside the city were already stationed Mevo's 120,000-strong army, and the rest of the army was still fighting everywhere and had not yet been fully integrated, and even most of Corincha's army was still scattered along the way.
In addition to Ma Pote, King Qin's army also had other local armies, but those armies were too scattered, and they were either wiped out by the Ulin cavalry cruising around the periphery, or they were forced to hide in the city of Crodina. At least, the Fifth Army is still in a relatively scattered force, and it has no intention of moving Marport.
The whole city of Crodina has now become a huge whirlpool, with Mevo's Chinese army of 150,000 as the center, Elva's left army is attacking the city near the city of Crodina and sweeping the forces near the city of Crodina, and the elite of 70,000 cavalry of Thomas and Ulin are cruising on the plains around Crodina, waiting for the opportunity to move, constantly moving and interspersing, like a harvester to clear the enemies who dare to appear on the plains, see the gods and kill the gods, Buddha block*, the entire urban agglomeration of the Guanzhong Plain, Hardly any of the city's garrisons dared to go out at will, and were forced to huddle inside the city, watching each other, not daring to make any moves. However, Elva can completely concentrate his forces to pull out one nail at a time, and the entire Guanzhong Plain is full of rumors.
More than one million people in the first, second, and seventh theaters of the Arad camp, and more than one million people in Catherine's first and second armies were entangled in the Fender River defense line, and it was not so simple to get out. Entering the Guanqin King means that they must give up the defense line along the river and give up most of the territory, so that even if they can keep the city of Crodina, Arad's forces will be completely blocked in the Guanzhong Plain, relying on a single Guanzhong Plain, it is almost impossible to turn the tables, therefore, until the last moment, the armies of the first, second, and seventh theaters of war cannot give up this defense line along the river, this strategic place.
The Arad camp, which lost hundreds of thousands of Sampu in the third war zone, is like a roc with a broken wing, and a large territory in the east is occupied by Catherine.
Marpote's army cautiously reached the north of Crodina City, and Mevo, who was waiting for his work, did not make any moves, allowing Mapote's army to move freely.
To the north of the royal city, a huge military camp is located there, and the tents are scattered enough to accommodate more than 100,000 people.
Be careful to sail the ship of 10,000 years, and the enemy situation is unknown, Ma Potter will not be stupid enough to recklessly confront the main force of the Chinese army of the Fifth Legion, and he has not yet made contact with the city or other Qinwang troops, and acting recklessly will only make himself fall into passivity. But if he wants to enter the city of Croatia or camp in another place not far from the city, he must bypass this huge barracks and keep a safe distance from the enemy's barracks, otherwise he will be perceived as a threat and a provocation by the enemy.
Marpot kept his army on high alert and immediately sent someone to scout the way, and he had to get to the camp before dark and deploy the camp to keep his army safe at night.
Unbeknownst to him, the patrol who had gone out to explore the road came back and reported that the barracks north of the city were empty.
"How is this possible?" Marpot was stunned, "The enemy has set up such a large camp just to make us take a detour?" ”
The patrol soldier immediately said: "Lord Marshal, the camp is real, not an illusion of arrangement, everything in it is available, even the stove has been built, the well has also been built, it seems that only waiting for people to move in!" ”
"Lord Qincha, could it be that someone from the royal city was sent to help us build it?" Marpot was puzzled.
"Marshal Marpote, the enemy is approaching the city, and the people in the city are not a last resort, how can they go out of the city to build barracks for you?" Nyala said with a smile, "The Fifth Legion is really good to the marshal, not only retreated according to the agreement, but also built a barracks for the marshal, the marshal only needs to move in, hahaha!" ”
Mapote was annoyed by Nyala's cynicism, but it was useless for him to care, he couldn't explain it clearly, so he asked the patrolman, "Where are the enemy now?" ”
"Except for the north of the city, there are military camps on the other three sides, with a total strength of about 100,000 people!" The patrol said.
"With such a big royal city, more than 100,000 people dare to surround it on three sides, which is too arrogant!" Nyala smiled and said, "Lord Marshal, why don't you take this opportunity to break them one by one?" ”
"Chincha-sama is right!" "Then please contact the army in the city, and we will work together to destroy the scattered enemy forces under the city!" ”