Desik Camp, the Emperor's Great Tent, Edward VI looked at himself in front of the mirror and couldn't help but touch his bald head with few hairs left.

The originally strong body has been rapidly relegated in the past few years, and the old man began to invade him. There was a trumpet sound of "woo woo woo" in my ears, and a new day was coming, and I don't know how many troops would be sent to the front by Hans again.

Since they came to the front, these Desik generals had no reason to slack off, and for dozens of days, more than 100,000 Desik soldiers launched a surging wave of attacks on all the enemies they could see in front of them on the Kursk plain.

Every morning, the Desik soldiers in the camp put on their armor and weapons and walked out of the camp to replace their allies who had been fighting on the battlefield for a day.

On the first day, Edward VI gave an impassioned speech to the soldiers on the expedition, and on the third day he simply made an appearance and returned to the camp, and by the last few days Edward VI was not even willing to go out of the tent door.

Every day, the armies would replace the attacking troops on the front, and Edward VI saw what kind of army it was. The armor that had been neat was almost shattered, the weapons were broken, and the blood stained everyone's bodies. More Desik soldiers, holding their hands or legs or other parts of their bodies, slowly walked back with each other's arms in their arms.

This is still alive, there are more dead Desik soldiers, rows and rows of stretchers are brought back from the front and stacked at the rear of the camp, and every day, the logistics team lights bonfires to burn the bodies of those dead Desik soldiers to ashes. There are too many people who have died, and if they are not handled properly, it will definitely cause epidemics.

Edward VI fought all his life, and he would not have cared about the damage of his soldiers. However, after losing so many men and still failing to capture the planned San Jose position, Edward's mood began to change from anger and excitement to depression.

For the first time in more than ten days, Edward VI began to doubt his plan, which he thought was foolproof, but it was different from the past, and lost its magic. Therefore, in the past few days, Edward VI has not even stepped into the command headquarters, only to see the officers busily entering and leaving the headquarters. Edward VI, on the other hand, just watched from the sidelines, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Unlike Edward VI, General Hans was a real genius. More than 150,000 troops, under the command of General Hans, fought on a wide front of more than 100 miles.

"What is the situation of the 1st Cavalry Division now?"

"The 1st Cavalry Division had suffered too much loss at the front and had already withdrawn, and they were replaced by the 12 regiments of the 2nd Division, and the commander of the Kluge Division went personally. An officer hurriedly reported.

"What about the Storm Bear Regiment, how did they take over the attack of the Eagle Falcon Regiment?"

"The Storm Bear Regiment advanced another 500 grams, stabilizing the position that the Eagle Falcon Regiment had lost half of its strength to take. The San Josens lit all the oil bottles before they could evacuate their positions. It took half a day for the Storm Bears to put out the fire completely. Now they have entered the position to consolidate the defensive line. ”

"So, what about Steppenwolf riding? I just saw General Manstein angrily leave the Emperor's tent, what's going on?"

"Ah, that's. The losses of the Steppenwolf riders were too great for General Manstein to stand it. He went to ask the emperor for orders so that his army could be withdrawn and rest. However, it seems that he was scolded by His Majesty the Emperor, and the sound of scolding spread out to several camps. The officer said timidly.

Hearing the officer say this, everyone in the camp stopped what they were doing, and the command headquarters fell silent for a while. General Hans shrugged helplessly, "His Majesty the Emperor's will has been clearly conveyed to everyone, if you don't completely defeat the main force of San Jose in Kursk, no one will want to return to the north of the Morro River alive." It's not just the armies you have under your command, it's all of you, so go for it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a court eunuch suddenly appeared at the door, saluted all the officers, and then came to General Hans's side, and whispered a word in his ear.

"Ahh

The palace eunuch nodded expressionlessly, "Your Majesty's will is beyond doubt. General Hans, Your Majesty has given you the last reserves, please fight hard!" After saying that, he saluted again, and the palace eunuch turned to leave.

"General, what's the matter?" Seeing that the palace eunuch had already left, all the officers hurriedly asked.

I saw General Hans staring at the military map with a frown, and did not speak.

After a long time, he suddenly unbuttoned his battle robe, threw the command knife hanging from his waist on the map, and then left the headquarters without saying a word, and walked towards the camp where he was resting.

All of them felt a little strange and wondered what General Hans was doing, but no one dared to ask, so they could only guess at each other.

"Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor has ordered a retreat?" an officer asked his colleague next to him, covering his mouth.

"How is it possible, who is His Majesty the Emperor, I'm afraid that he will order a general attack?"

"General attack, how is that possible, now the positions everywhere are not stable. If there is a general attack, I dare not say whether we can attack the San Jose headquarters under the city of Lausanne. ”

......

Everyone was speculating, and knowing that the red sun was setting and night was coming again, General Hans came out of the camp and gave an order. ：

"All the wolf horsemen and rangers are ready to mount their horses, and according to the order of His Majesty the Emperor, they are to make a detour from the west side of Momiji Town, cut from the east of Sunset Province to the southeast, and go straight to the capital of San Jose, Kyoto Castle. And all the infantry regiments began to attack the San Jose defenders in front, without thinking about casualties, and each infantry regiment, without the last man left, was not allowed to retreat. ”

After this order was given, all the cavalry silently sorted out their weapons and equipment, and within a few hours, they set off one after another, disappearing into the darkness of the west.

The assault route drawn by Edward VI for them was basically along the Desik occupation area of the Morro River, around the outermost side of the war zone west of Momiji Town, and into the Sunset Province. Along the way, he abandoned the battle with the garrisons and made his strides from the westernmost province of San Jose towards the city of Kyoto.

At the same time, since the entire army in the north of San Jose, including border guards and local garrisons, was drawn to the Kursk battlefield, all infantry regiments made a feint cover for them, forcing all the San Jose troops to have no time to look behind them.

At first glance, this sounds like a raid strategy that fits the character of Edward VI himself. However, this is not like the sneak attack on South Madur by Desik back then, and it is not even comparable to the sneak attack on Patong Beach.

These cavalry, combined, are less than 30,000 people, and their combat strength and fighting spirit are insufficient. In particular, Steppenwolf Rider, although some new team members have been added, but the combat effectiveness has also decreased greatly compared to the peak at that time.

And according to intelligence, there are still many troops in Kyoto City, and at the same time, the court magicians are not fuel-efficient lamps. It's hard to say how much this raid will be fruitful.

However, Edward VI's will was unquestionable, and as the emperor's most trusted general, Hans chose to faithfully carry out the emperor's orders after a whole day of hesitation and entanglement.

He also understood that Edward VI had made it very clear that Desik's country was already a little unable to survive because of this long-running war. Desik's war potential, after many rounds of drafting, was also close to exhaustion. If he continues to fight, Desik will not only not get the benefits, but will even have the risk of being pushed back, and may have to be forced to sue for peace in humiliation and spit out all the benefits he has grabbed.

As a man as persistent as Edward, failure was completely unacceptable to him. For him, there are only two possibilities, win or die. Therefore, Edward VI chose to make a big gamble one last time, giving up on the current front and continuing to entangle with the San Jose army, but instead tried to directly raid the capital of San Jose, the city of Kyoto.

Sunset Province, west of the town of Momiji. Although the town of Momiji is near the war zone, the province is relatively stable. The Desik had limited forces, and the army spread out along the Kursk province occupied an area about hundreds of miles wide, and they no longer had the strength to expand the theater of operations.

The garrison officers of Sunset Province and the garrison officers of the Western Frontier Army, after receiving the condolences of Princess Lolita of San Jose, nervously devoted themselves to the border guard work. The 8,000 garrisons of the province, both border guards and garrisons, lined up along the provincial border, the north-south "Colorado River." On the other side of the river is the war zone, and from time to time Desik rangers pass by.

The San Jose army in Sunset Province waited nervously for the arrival of war, but the Imperial Council seemed to have been relatively calm and never used the western border guards, including them. These soldiers, every day, are on this side of the river, looking across the riverbank.

And today, in the dark night, the defenders of the Western Frontier Army, as always, watched the banks of the Colorado River, and in the dark night, there were only campfires burning under the sentry posts.

In the darkness, there seemed to be some voices, and the sentinels struggled to keep their eyes open to see what was in the darkness. In the dim light, he couldn't see anything, but the sound in his ears became more and more obvious, as if a large group of people were passing by. The sentry squad leader struggled to stretch the torch forward.

Still couldn't see clearly, and after hesitating for a while, the squad leader of the sentry turned his head and ordered, "Old Cron, release rockets to the opposite shore!"

"Captain?" the old archer, known as Old Karen, hesitated. There is no battle here, if you shoot arrows first...

"No matter, let go of the arrow!" the captain was so decisive that old Clen could not resist the captain, so he bent his bow and arrow, ignited the shaft of the arrow in the bonfire, and "swished" out with an arrow on the other side of the river.

Not only their sentry, but also nearby sentry posts released rockets. Streams of fire soared smoothly across the sky, illuminating the opposite shore as if it were day.

"Shhh Countless Desik cavalry were running along the banks of the Colorado River, heavily armed.

"What do they want to do?" muttered Old Karen as he looked at his captain, only to find that his face was equally blank.