Chapter 707: Self-righteousness

Compared to the unusual behavior in the Ofer area, the actions of the Entagrean army in Bairdes were modest, and as the Elasia army advanced rapidly, an Entagre army set out from the garrison near the Stone Castle to meet it, and gathered some of the garrisons that had been scattered in this direction along the way, and then built a defensive line somewhere, waiting for it, apparently not wanting the enemy to approach the Stone Castle. Reading at zero .

At the same time, another Entagre army also began to move towards the northern border of Baildus, and judging by its mode of action, it should be preparing to build a defensive line in the local area in case the elven kingdom army breaks through through Byrdus from Ofer.

Together with the defenders who continued to be stationed around the stone castle to defend the direction of Hammondal, the Entagre army in the Bairdes area was divided into three fronts on the surface, and the number of troops used reached more than 100,000.

This figure surprised all those who followed the actions of the Entagrean Army.

How many troops are stationed in the Baierdes area of the Entagrei army has always been a mystery that has plagued the major forces, this is no way, there is a cave in the underground of Baierdes It is no secret now, but this does not mean that the major forces have the means to carry out effective exploration operations under Baierdes, so what the Entagrei army has done in the underground of Baierdes, what kind of development it has, the major forces have no way of knowing.

The Erathia Empire has sent a large number of scouts into the underground of Bairders more than once to try to figure out this problem, but under the double blockade of the undead creatures on the ground and the underground Entagre army, these operations have not been able to make much progress, but the elite scouts of the eastern border defenders of the Erathia Army have lost a lot as a result.

Previously, when the Entagri Empire began to act openly in Baierdes, the number of troops deployed on the ground was only as many as 70,000, but now as soon as the war started, the Entagri army suddenly appeared in the local area with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the major forces could not be surprised, and at the same time, this also made them sure that the Entagri Empire was indeed making a name for itself in the underground of Baierdes.

This is not a good sign.

The major forces are worried.

Because of the addition of the defenders in the Ofer region, the strength of the Entagrean army in the mainland of Erathia has reached as many as 200,000, and the Entagrean army is likely to have some troops hidden under the Baildes.

What's even more striking is that, according to intelligence, the more than 200,000 Entagri troops are quite well-equipped and appear to be well-trained.

What is this concept?

How could an emerging force do it in such a short period of time?

It's not okay if the major forces don't want to worry.

But there are also those who are reassured by the actions of the Entagre Army in the areas of Bairders and Ofer.

Some people who think they have seen through the true strength of the Entagrean army.

Not everyone sees the Entagrean Empire as a serious problem as Gru does, and there are many people who think that the Entagrean Empire is nothing more than that, and there is no shortage of talented people in the world, but there is also no shortage of self-righteous and arrogant people.

And the number of the latter is obviously a little more than the former.

These people linked the unusual behavior of the Ntagrean army in the Ofer region to the redeployment in Bairdes, and then came to the conclusion that the Ntagrean army had lost the ability to use one-way portals and could no longer quickly reinforce the area they controlled on the mainland from Negan, so they decided to abandon the pawn and protect the car and the overlord area, and instead made every effort to ensure that Bairders was not lost.

Especially in the Erathia Army, this argument was supported by many.

There is no doubt that the Erathia Army, which has always had a strong army, once had many outstanding military geniuses who were known as famous generals in the world.

But that's only for the time.

The calamity of the Erathia Empire has experienced too many wars over the years, including the last war that almost destroyed the Erathia Empire, in these years, the Erathia Army does not know how many battles it has fought, and many excellent generals have fallen because of this, and the Erathia Army has gradually begun to zero talents.

It wasn't until Catherine returned from Enroth that a large number of generals were promoted with discernment, and the situation was somewhat improved, and a group of new generals, including Christine, became the backbone of the Erathian army.

Unfortunately, with the outbreak of the Doomsday Campaign, Catherine was forced to abdicate and return to Enlos with Roland, and a large number of pro-Catherine Empress generals such as Christine dispersed.

The Erathian Army, which has just improved under Catherine's management, has once again zeroed in talent, leaving only a small group of ideological fanaticism and extremely xenophobic generals led by Kendall and represented by Mlak to support the scene, and the combat effectiveness of the Erathia Army has also dropped by more than one level because of the loss of a large number of excellent generals.

The Erathian army is now in a bitter battle in the Tetalia swamps, and the lack of good generals to command at the tactical level is also an important reason.

Those generals who were newly promoted by Kendall could not give full play to the combat effectiveness that the Erathia Army should have, and the enemy was not weak, which led to the situation of the current bitter battle, but it is not entirely to blame Kendall's strategic policy is wrong, strictly speaking, with the current situation of the Erathia Empire, Kendall's strategy still has its highlights, and it is not useless.

This time the Erathia army attacked Bailders, from a strategic point of view, Kendal actually did not make any big mistakes, the timing of his attack was very good, if he could succeed, the results he could obtain would also be amazing, not only could have an important impact on the situation of Hammondal, but also liberated the astonishing number of defenders on the eastern border of the empire from the defense of the long border in one fell swoop, greatly increasing the new force that he could mobilize, and then had a benign impact on the battlefield in other parts of the Erathia Empire.

And before the implementation of the plan, Kendall also had a cautious enough attitude towards this battle, he knew that the terrain of Bailders was not good for his side, and he also gave a very high evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the Entagrei army, and was mentally prepared for a hard battle, under these premises, the actions of the Erathia army in the Baierdes area have been very cautious, almost step by step, and Kendal is still gathering more troops on the eastern border, ready to invest in this new battlefield.

The first batch of 90,000 troops to enter Bailders was just the vanguard sent by Kendall to test the combat strength of the Entagrean army, and the total number of troops that Kendall planned to invest in Bailders was far more than that, and he was not naïve enough to think that he could take Baierdes with less than 100,000 troops.

The only mistake Kendall made was that he was entrusted with non-people, but there was no way to do it, there were only so many generals in his hands, and due to the recent emergence of the current of thought in the army about taking back Catherine to the throne, a considerable number of these people Kendall did not dare to use it.

Therefore, Kendall was appointed as the commander of the first wave of the 90,000-strong army of Bairders, a general who had not been so conspicuous in the Erathian army before, but who behaved in a decent manner, and absolutely supported Kendall's strategic approach and xenophobic policy.

The name of this imperial general is Stewart.

Stuart was born in a famous family in the Erathia Empire, this aristocratic family has a large number of people in each generation of the Erathia Army, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a military family, Stewart, who grew up in this environment, has naturally become an emperor.

Stewart's military talent was only good, and he was still a long way from the level that the title of famous general should have, of course, he himself didn't think so, in fact, this loyal supporter of Terran supremacy had long been dissatisfied with the former Empress Catherine's vigorous promotion of so-called famous generals from grassroots backgrounds, even bandits.

He firmly believes that he has a better background and a better learning environment than those so-called famous generals, and his talent in military affairs will only be more outstanding, but he is too low-key, and his luck is always bad.

Kendall launched a coup d'état, and Stewart, who was dissatisfied with Catherine, immediately responded positively, in the imperial capital mutiny, he has always been not so conspicuous in the emperor's **, he has contributed a lot, and has also shown a certain ability, plus he did have some achievements in the last war, so he began to be reused by Kendall, and was stationed on the eastern border to guard the side, this time, he was appointed by Kendall as the commander of the first wave of the offensive of the Bairders raiders.

Stewart knew his chance had come.

He desperately wants to show himself in this fight.

He wants to prove that he is no worse than the so-called famous generals of the empire, and he wants to add the title of famous general to himself.

In Stewart's opinion, it is needless to say that Christine has already left, even Mrak, who he has always been more convinced, has done nothing in Tytalia, and in Hammondale, Inheim has also done nothing, if at this time, he defeated Baildes's Entagre army in one fell swoop, ushered in a long-awaited victory for the empire, and thus greatly changed the situation of Hammondal's war, what will the world say about him?

Every time he thought about this, Stewart couldn't help but get his blood boiling.

For the Entagri army, Stewart really doesn't have a high evaluation, because in the last war, he has fought with Negan's army many times and won repeatedly, and the Entagri empire with Negan as its base camp has its army composition is dominated by Negan's soldiers, so Stewart has no sense of crisis at all, and he even feels that Kendall's caution is too much of a fuss.

And the emperor of the Entagri Empire turned out to be just a former lord of the Erathia Empire, or a guy from a civilian background, and his generals were a group of unknown guys from the same civilian background, although now with the assistance of Christine and others, and a large group of Negan generals joined, but Stewart really didn't think the other party was much of a threat.

He never thought that he was worse than Christine and the others, and Negan's guys who couldn't even beat a former imperial lord from a civilian background were a joke in his opinion, and he listened to Chen Jian's various legendary pasts as stories.

Like many people who look down on Jian Chen, he thinks that Jian Chen is nothing more than a lucky guy who has taken shit luck.

"Those Negan lords have collapsed themselves in the internal friction, Chen Jian picked up the ready-made cheap ones, what kind of nonsense is the dragon queen Moriel is not dead, there is a chance that it is a trick made by Chen Jian in order to attract people's hearts, right? Jian Chen may have a way of playing with people's hearts, and even the angel clan has been tempted by him, but if it really comes to commanding battles, how high can a guy who has not learned systematic military theory be? ”

On more than one occasion, Stewart's own subordinates commented on the sudden rise of the Entagri Empire at Negan.

The unusual behavior of the Ntagrean Army in the Overer area convinced Stuart that his opinion of the Ntagrean Army was correct.

"Look, as soon as the elven kingdom exerts its strength, the Entagre army can't parry, such a misguided action is really embarrassing, and it is only because of the battle of Abadon that he lost the ability to use a one-way portal, even if it is incompetent, there should be a limit."

Stewart mocks the Entagrean Army.

Kendall did not disclose the source of the information that the Entagrean army lost the ability to use the one-way portal, because this source is really a bit sensitive, and it is easy to make some bad associations, so the generals of the Erathian Empire generally do not know much about the battle situation of the Abadon War, and why the Entagre army lost the ability to use the portal, in this case, Stewart misinterpreted the news as the Entagrean army suffered a crushing defeat in the Ofer region.

"It's not temporary, it's permanent, right?" Stewart even had such an idea, "Otherwise, there is no reason for the Ntagrei army in the Ofer region to act so abnormally, and it is impossible for the Ntagrei army of Baierdes not to send more troops to deal with the attack in my direction when they have the advantage of troops, but instead disperse their forces and put on a posture of holding on in various places." ”

The reason for this idea is that after the scouts' investigation, Stewart found that the strength of the Entagrean army deployed in his direction was only more than 50,000 people, which was a bit too small compared to the total strength of the Entagrean army in the Bailders area.

After making these and such judgments, Stewart was full of anticipation for the upcoming battle.

After receiving the order from Kendall to speed up the march and strive to start the battle as soon as possible, he couldn't wait, and Stewart, who was about to lose patience by the previous slow advance, immediately ordered a rapid march, he left the large army behind, but he concentrated the horses of the whole army, with nearly 20,000 elite troops, began the blitzkrieg he envisioned, and rushed in the direction of the stone castle with all his might.

"With lightning speed, our army broke through several important military fortresses set up by the enemy in the Baildes area, and the enemy fled wherever they passed."

In a telegram to Kendall, Stewart wrote.

Of course, this is just Stewart's subjective opinion, and the real situation is that according to Chen Jian's order, in order to cooperate with the overall situation, the Ntagrei army took the initiative to abandon several military fortresses under construction at certain strategic points early, and managed to avoid the battle with Stewart's elite troops.

However, in Stewart's eyes, this approach naturally became a sign of the Ntagre's army's fear of war.

But at last Stewart was incorrigibly dizzy, and when he found that the 50,000 main forces of the Entagrean army assembled in this direction were in a tight position in an area called Igni, he stopped his advance and waited for the rendezvous of his main forces, and tried to guard against a possible attack from the underground.

The topography of the Ignes region allowed Stewart to confirm once again that the Entagre army was nothing more than that, because although Igny was the only place for the Erathian army to attack the stone castle, the terrain was a very rare small * plain in the Bairdes region, and the terrain was quite flat, with only a few low hills.

On this terrain, the signature arm of the Erathia Army, the Erathian Imperial Heavy Cavalry, can fully exert the power of its cluster charge.

Among the 90,000 troops brought by Stewart this time, there were more than 6,000 heavy cavalry, more than 8,000 ordinary cavalry, and the total number of cavalry reached more than 14,000.

Stewart felt that the enemy commander was in the water, there were countless hilly areas of Baildus, and the Entagrean army chose to fight the Erathian army anywhere, which was stronger than the Igni region, but the Entagree army chose to be in Igni.

It's like looking for death.

At first, Stewart was worried about whether the enemy was trying to deceive or relying on something, but soon, he was relieved, because from the intelligence brought back by the scouts, the enemy's 50,000 troops, only about 2,000 cavalry, and they did not find out what the enemy was doing in the Igny area, they were just there to relax.

What made Stewart even more laughable was that the enemy cavalry still used the ridiculous boars of the big-eared monsters in the Diya region as mounts.

Although I have heard some people say that the boar heavy cavalry of the Entagre army seems to have good combat effectiveness, but in the past, Diya's big-eared monster boar cavalry has always been regarded as a joke by people, and Stewart thinks that even if the enemy's wild boar heavy cavalry is strong, it is only afraid that it is only strong, and what role can it play in front of his army with only two thousand horsemen?

So although the fight has not yet started, Stewart believes that he has won the battle in front of him.