Chapter 832: Where to attack first in a series of actions

Not long after the onset of winter, with the sudden assassination of Enloste envoy in Standwick City, the cooperation negotiations between the Enroth Empire and the Entagri Empire, which had been painstakingly brokered by Catherine, finally ended in failure. Let's read the book--。 {**}

This incident made Catherine sad and Chen Jian angry, but it made more people elated.

Soon after, the Enroth Empire began to launch a large-scale military campaign again, establishing an expeditionary base camp somewhere on the border between Diya and the Erathia Empire, and using it as a springboard, they began to send a steady stream of troops to the continent of Erathia.

The strength of the Enlos Empire, which has an entire continent as its backing, is beginning to be revealed at this time, and the fiasco of the Battle of Wetland City has obviously angered this behemoth, and now, realizing that its conquest in the Elasia continent will not be as smooth sailing as he thought, the Enlos Empire is beginning to get serious.

After the army of the Enlos Empire was assembled in Diya, the troops began to attack the surrounding places in three ways, a large army led by the former imperial regent Humphrey relaunched a new attack on the Eremilin, another large army was responsible for sweeping Dàng Diya, and a large army attacked the Tetalia Swamp together with the friendly forces sent by the Erathia Empire, and the Enlos Empire planned to include the three places of Eremilin, Diya and the Tetalia Marsh at one time.

This is a rather large battle plan, at first glance it seems that the Enroth Empire is a little too greedy, but the Enroth Empire obviously does not think there is anything wrong with this move, they are very confident in the strength of the Empire, the failure of Wetland City is only due to their failure to anticipate the existence of the Doom Blade, although this defeat has caused some damage to their morale, but it is not hindered in the overall situation, and now, they are ready for the Doom Blade.

The Enlos Empire launched an action with great fanfare, as an ally of the Enlos Empire, of course, the Erathia Empire was not idle, on the borders of the Erathia Empire and the Entagre Empire, the defenders were repeatedly strengthened, and the breakdown of cooperation negotiations made Catherine understand that a major war was inevitable between the Erathia Empire and the Entagri Empire, and she had nothing else to think about except to actively prepare for war.

On the border between the Erathia Empire and the Kingdom of Bracada, the Erathian army is also heavily armed, and Catherine has already concentrated her jīng forces on the war against the Entagri Empire at this time, and has no intention of starting another war with the Kingdom of Bracada, but she must guard against the possible counterattack of the Kingdom of Bracada.

At the same time, another Erathian army re-entered the Krurod area and began to sweep away the remnants of the Krurod army that had been divided after Kruger's death, but at Catherine's behest, this Erathian army was only operating in the south of Krurod, and was very careful not to immediately clash with the Ntagre army in the north of Krurod, which was a bit like the Erathia Empire and the Entagre Empire had divided the Krurod Kingdom in two.

Coupled with the military operations carried out in the Tetalia Swamp in order to cooperate with Enloth Emperor**, the war machine of the Erathia Empire is already in full swing, Catherine is helpless about this, but she also understands that she has no choice at the moment, the war has begun, and it can no longer be stopped, and if you want to win, you must persevere. (Let~Read~Book~)

However, Catherine felt a little comforted that due to her return to the throne, coupled with strong reinforcements, and seeing the hope of victory, at this time, the whole country of the Erathian Empire was working together, and the enthusiasm for the war was extremely high, and all kinds of praise for Catherine and the Erathian army were endless, and the people of the empire were optimistic that what was happening now was the harbinger of the re-emergence of the Erathian Empire.

Catherine was relieved by another thing, that is, all kinds of assistance from the Enlos Empire, although he secretly calculated his wife, but Roland did his best in other aspects, he opened the magic teleportation mén from time to time to send Catherine all kinds of resources needed by the Erathian Empire, and sent a large number of flying troops to help the Erathian Army strengthen its combat strength in various places.

But all this does not make Catherine happy, she worries every day, in her eyes, the situation of the Erathia Empire at this time, in fact, is a bit similar to the return to the light before death, she knows very well that whether the Erathia Empire can rise again in the future depends to a large extent on whether the strategic plan of the Enlos Empire can be carried out smoothly, the current Erathia Empire is no longer the previous Erathia Empire, if the Enlos Empire cannot succeed, the Erathia Empire will be defeated again, Then this empire, which once had a glorious history, will definitely collapse.

However, the Enlos Empire did not show the caution and caution that Catherine expected, from the actions of the Enlos Army, Catherine had discovered that although Roland noticed the potential threat of the Entagrean Empire to the Enlos Empire in the future, and therefore launched an invasion of the Elasia continent, Roland obviously did not treat the current Entagrean Empire as an enemy worthy of his more attention, and his understanding of the Entagrean Empire was far less profound than Catherine's. Like those who had never suffered at the hands of the Entagri Empire, the Emperor of the Iron Fist Dynasty subconsciously despised this new empire that had only risen for a long time, believing that this new empire had not yet been able to pose a powerful threat to him immediately, coupled with the stupid war behavior of the Bracada Kingdom and the Jīng Spirit Kingdom to cut off their arms, he felt that at present, the Enroth Empire was fully capable of carrying out the military operations he hoped for on the continent of Erathia and finally won the victory.

In fact, Roland's view is already quite cautious in the Entagre Empire, and the Entagrean Empire doesn't really attach importance to the Entagri Empire, because not many people recognize the potential threat of the Entagrean Empire like Roland, and for these Enroth people who only think about expansion, the Entagrean Empire is just a newly rising force on the distant continent of Erathia, and how strong can a newly rising force be? Although it is rumored that this new force has rarely lost in the southern and northern wars, the rumors are exaggerated.

Not too many people take this new force seriously, in comparison, they are more concerned about the situation of the old powers of the Elasia continent such as the Erathia Empire, the Bracada Kingdom and the Jīng Spirit Kingdom, in their opinion, no matter how strong the Entagri Empire is, can it still be stronger than the Erathia Empire? It can already be said to be a miracle to have the same strength as the Erathia Empire, and the strength of the Erathia Empire is much worse than the Enlos Empire, so it can be inferred that the Entagri Empire is absolutely impossible to pose any great threat to the Enlos Empire.

There are even people who propose to strike first, and simply send a large army from the Erathia Empire to attack Hammondal, which is now occupied by the Entagri Empire, to give the Entagri Empire a disadvantage, lest this new empire rashly attack and influence the Enlos Army to launch a series of military operations in the western part of the continent. (Let~Read~Book~)

For these things, after the negotiation broke down, Catherine wrote to Roland, but these letters did not work as well as they should, Roland thought that Catherine was a little too worried, he felt that this was because the strength of the Erathian Empire had been greatly damaged, which made Catherine extremely unconfident, not that the Entagri Empire was really as strong as Catherine said.

"In time, the Entagri Empire may indeed become the most powerful enemy of the Entagre Empire, but that is a matter of the future, definitely not the present, and I do not intend to give the Entagri Empire such a future, please wait and see, my dear wife! It won't be long before you find out that there will only be two empires left on the continent of Erathia, and these two empires, one is your Erathia Empire and the other is our Enlos Empire! ”

Roland comforted his restless wife in a recent correspondence with confidence.

"The kingdom of your dreams does not need a prosthetic hand to help you realize, my dear wife, your husband will do it for you, and then you will see the new Elasia Empire and Enloth Empire that we have created together!"

In order to boost Catherine's confidence, Roland also found a helper for Catherine.

It was his brother, Archibald, who had fought him for the throne of the Iron Fist Dynasty in the War of Succession.

Archibald has been living in seclusion since he managed to save his brother in Ofer, and when the Enroth Empire invaded the continent of Erathia, he took the initiative to contact Roland, saying that in order to make up for his past mistakes against his brother and also contribute to his homeland, he was willing to take his followers to join the Enroth Army.

Roland, who had long forgiven his brother, was naturally too welcoming to Akibald's arrival, and no one knew better than him how talented his brother was, but unfortunately, Archibald's arrival made Roland's subordinates feel threatened, and therefore spoke out one after another, begging Roland not to accept Akibald's allegiance, and Roland thought about it and simply sent Archibald to Catherine.

Archibald himself also knows what kind of opinion the Enroth Empire has about him, and naturally has no opinion on Roland's arrangement, anyway, helping Catherine is equivalent to helping Roland, so he took a group of followers and came to the Erathian Empire again.

Catherine was noncommittal about Archibald's arrival, she didn't like her husband's brother, she didn't trust him, but Roland's kindness, she didn't want to refuse, and there was no reason to refuse, after all, Archibald didn't want to join the Erathia Empire, his current identity was one of the magician troops sent by the Enlos Empire to help the Erathia Empire.

On the other side, while the Enroth Empire and the Erathia Empire were making a concerted move, the Entagre Empire of course also began to act.

Chen Jian, who had long expected that the situation would evolve into this, had long been secretly preparing for war with the Enroth Empire and the Erathia Empire.

He asked Sylvia to stop the attack on the southern region of the Bracada Kingdom, and with Magnus returning to the Bracada Kingdom, the defense of the Bracada army in the southern coastal area became more and more tight, and it was not easy to succeed as before, and Chen Jian also hoped that the Bracada Kingdom could help him contain the Erathian Empire in another direction.

Needless to say, other things such as the movement of troops on the border, in addition, Chen Jian also strictly ordered all localities to strengthen early warning and rapid response measures against the enemy's use of magic teleportation mén to attack their own hinterland, just as Magnus guessed, Chen Jian, who has always liked to use magic teleportation mén to sneak attack others, is extremely careful in this regard, and after careful study with everyone, he has already formulated a series of countermeasures.

At the same time, the Entagrui army was also ready to take the initiative to attack, and the Enroth Empire's backsliding attitude had completely angered Jian Chen.

"If you want to fight, I will fight, Roland, I will let you understand how serious the consequences of making me angry are!"

However, Morrill opposed Jian Chen's initiative to target the Enlos Empire, and she suggested that Chen Jian should focus on the Erathia Empire and conduct a limited diversion battle against the Enlos Empire.

"Why?" Jian Chen didn't quite understand Moriel's thoughts, he felt that the Enlos Empire had not gained a firm foothold on the Elasia Continent at this time, and it was a good opportunity for him to make a move, if the Enlos Empire had a firm foothold, he was afraid that things would be more difficult to do.

"Don't you always say that persimmons should be picked up and pinched? The Erathia Empire and the Enroth Empire, of course, the Erathia Empire is weaker, right? And it's right on our side, it's very convenient to attack, so why should we go far and near? Morrill laughed at Jian Chen's question, "By the way, you can also snatch Catherine over, even if you don't want her to be your queen, wouldn't it be fun for us to take her hostage and threaten Roland?" I think if you do that, Roland will have to make you half angry! ”

Chen Jian, who was staring at the large map on the wall in his study and contemplating a strategy, couldn't help but sweat when he heard this, but when he turned his head to look, he found that Moriel, who was sitting on the side eating some fruit, was joking with himself, but he seemed to be serious about attacking the Erathian Empire.

"Do you really think you should fight the Erathian Empire first?" He was a little unsure.

"Of course!" Seeing that Jian Chen began to seriously think about his suggestion, Morriel stopped joking, "Although I haven't fought with the Enlos Empire, and I can't make a reliable assessment of the combat effectiveness of the Enlos Army, I believe that no matter how strong the Enlos Army is, it will be impossible to complete their attack on Eli, Diya, and Titalia in a short period of time!" ”

"Why?" Seeing that Moryl began to analyze, Jian Chen immediately became interested, so he stopped looking at the map, he came to Moryl and sat down, with a look of deafness.

"The reason is very simple, although the Jīng Spirit Kingdom is even weaker, but the Jīng Spirit Kingdom now has the Doomsday Blade after all, and there is Gru, a Jīng Ming guy, who is in control of the overall situation, and don't forget, what is Gru's best tactic, which is guerrilla warfare! The Erimirin is such an environment suitable for guerrilla warfare, and the guerrilla tactics plus the Blade of Doom are as strong as the Enlos Empire, and if you want to completely destroy the Jīng Spirit Kingdom, I am afraid it will take a long time! ”

"And the Tetaria Swamp will also become another war quagmire that the Enroth Army can't extricate itself from, and the Bracada Army occupies the Tetalia Marsh and does not let go, for what? It's the Paradise Foundry! Before the strength of the Bracada Kingdom was not greatly damaged, Magnus was still so close to the Paradise Foundry, but now that the situation has changed fundamentally, and the advantage of the Bracada Kingdom is no longer there, don't you think Magnus will want the Paradise Foundry even more? After all, that could be a shortcut that can make Bracada's strength grow by leaps and bounds in the shortest possible time! Look, although he is at a disadvantage now, Magnus will soon increase his troops in the Tetaria Swamp, and he will not give up the Paradise Foundry! The Enlos Army will definitely encounter strong resistance beyond their imagination in the Tytalia Swamp! ”

"As for Diya's side, it is possible for the Enlos Empire to succeed, because whether it is the Jīng Spirit Kingdom or the Bracada Kingdom, they will transfer their local troops to the battlefield that is more needed, but Diya is bordered by the sea to the west and the Tulaleon Forest to the east, so we can send some troops from these two directions to conduct a diversion battle against the Enlos army, so that it will not be able to gain a foothold in Diya!"

Listening to this, Jian Chen's eyes began to light up: "When you say this, it seems that it is really like that!" ”

Morriel smiled and didn't say any more, believing that by saying this, Jian Chen could fully understand her intentions.

And Chen Jian did figure it out, in fact, after the negotiations broke down and the matter was irreparable, he also thought about whether to fight the Erathia Empire first, because it was actually more beneficial for the Entagri Empire to fight the Erathia Empire first.

For example, if the Entagre Empire is attacked first, then the main force of the Entagrean army will inevitably have to fight in the western part of the continent far away from the mainland of the Entagre Empire.

Attack the Erathian Empire first, but don't have these problems.

For another example, attacking the Entagrean Empire first can effectively curb the development of the Enlos Empire on the continent of Erathia, but the Entagri Empire cannot gain too much benefit from this war, because in addition to the Eremirin, whether it is Diya or Tytaria Swamp, they are too far away from the current control area of the Entagri Empire, and there is an Erathia Empire in between, with the current strength of the Entagri Empire, even if it wins, it is difficult to completely control these areas in this situation.

However, if the Erathia Empire is attacked first, as long as it wins, the Entagri Empire can gradually occupy the richest plains on the continent, use the rich local production and resources, and transform them into the strength they need to further strengthen themselves, and these regions are much easier to control.

In addition, there are many other factors, such as the important symbolism of occupying the Great Plains region, etc., the reason why Chen Jian finally failed to make up his mind to attack the Erathia Empire first, but planned to attack the Enroth Empire first, on the one hand, is because he still subconsciously does not want to fight with Catherine, but the biggest reason is that he is afraid of allowing the powerful Enroth Empire to sit on the Erathia continent and it will be unfavorable to him in the future.

Morrill saw through Jian Chen's thoughts, so he reminded him of the need, and Jian Chen was naturally thorough.

He was once again staring at the large map on the wall, the large area on which the Erathian Empire was marked.

"It seems that it is time to wipe this decaying empire off the map!"