Chapter 114: Starfall Surasi (36) The Second Battle of Spari (Part II)
[Red Chess PiecesIn the Spari Desert, the middle end of the Suriver passage began to split into two halves, one half was led by Suriver to continue northward, and the other half was through the treacherous desert without the shelter of an oasis, heading towards the big blue Spari. γ
[When the Northern Road Raid Force where Surifer was located attacked Doleiman, they captured Doleiman almost instantly, and the music of the sword and soldier intersected was replaced by the music of victory after a while. γ
"On that moonless night, after a long expedition by Surevill, he launched a surprise attack on Doremman, the capital of Surassi. β
"Doleiman's army was unprepared for Surifer's surprise attack, and even when Surifer entered the city, resistance was minimal. Before the rising sun, Suravier had already captured the administrative center of Surassi, and then set fire to it before retreating the next day. β
"At the same time, the news of the occupation of Doleiman, somehow, began to circulate among the army of Surassie under the city of Spari, and the rumor had changed from the occupation of Doleiman to the massacre of Doleman, and as a result of this message, the army of Soulassi began to become restless. β
At this critical moment, another surprise attack force arranged by Suravier also crossed the desert and carried out a surprise attack on Surassi's army from the desert area in the east, successfully triggering the opponent's camp roar. β
[The second red arrow is like a sharp arrow, and it quickly thrusts into Surassi's army.] The red arrows were as fast as the wind, and the blue chess pieces in front of him were like spring ice and snow, rapidly decreasing and scattering. γ
[Just as Surasi's army collapsed, the southern besieging forces also launched a siege operation against the city of Spari, once again hitting the square blue square like a tide. γ
"Solit, the leader of Surassi's army, originally planned to stalemate in the city of Spari first, wait for a few months to be defeated, attract the Goshog army into the city, and then take this opportunity to launch the magic scroll that had been prepared long ago, destroy the city of Sparry, and retreat to the fortress that had been repaired long ago, and continue to fight. β
But now that Surriville's raid had disrupted Solit's plan, Solit was also a man of courage, and seeing that the situation had become like this, he no longer hesitated, and immediately blew up the city of Spari, using the ruins of Spari to prevent the two sides from making peace. β
[With a bang, the original blue city of Spari exploded like a firecracker, turning into a gray chart, indicating that the city was in ruins.] γ
[Although the strong can pass for a while, the army can't pass, so in order to pursue, the army must clear the ruins, or at least clear an unobstructed road, so the sound of digging sounds from the background.] γ
"Just when the south was cleaning up the ruins, Solit successfully pacified the turbulent Surassie army, at least gathered the elite, so using the assembled elite, Solit finally repelled the surprise cavalry, after all, Sulassie was superior to the cavalry troops in terms of numbers and strength. β
[The red arrow, which once flowed down like a waterfall, eventually encountered obstacles, like the water hitting a stone and splashing the water, and then the arrow immediately reversed direction. γ
"When Sulasi repelled the surprise cavalry, the southern army still failed to clear the road, after all, Spari City is the largest city in the desert, so the south can only send some elite troops to harass Sulasi. β
"As I have said several times, Solit is a man of great courage, and in this case he did not have the mentality of taking a gamble and made a quick decision - this is the second time I have used this word? β
[Professor Myrdal points to the location of the city of Spari, then swipes his hand up to the junction of the Spari Desert and Doleiman, where there is a fortress sign. γ
"Because according to the opinion of the Surassians at that time, the only way to reach Doleiman from the south was the Sparry Desert, and if this road was blocked, Doleiman would not be attacked. β
"And this fortress is well defended, as long as you reach this fortress, the army is safe, and it is for this reason that Solit can quickly gather an army. β
"Solit thought of it, Surifer thought of it, so the first thing he did when he came out of Dorleiman was to rush towards this fortress, and he also succeeded very quickly. β
"Professor Myrdal, may I interject for a moment? I listened to you, this fortress is heavily fortified, so why does it change hands so easily?"
"Hahaha, it has something to do with the design of this fortress. The fort was built in 1124 with a grant of funds, and the first phase of construction was not completed until 1126, with the main hypothetical enemy being the Goshoge army attacking from the south. β
[On the screen, the fortress and the area controlled by Goshoge all light up.] γ
"This fortress is very characteristic and reflects the dilemma of Sulasi at that time. According to Solit, the role of this fortress is only to defend against enemy troops coming from Spari, so it is only necessary to build fortifications in the south, and fortifications in the north as fast as they can. β
It was with this guiding ideology that Sulasi was able to build a fortress comparable to the Tulabi-Kale Line within two years, with insufficient funds, and the fortifications were heavily defended facing the south, and the fortress that was attacked by Surivir in the north... It's just a tofu scum project. β
"Well, is there any reason to do this other than save money?"
"Yes, Solit thinks that the fortress only needs to defend the south, because it is impossible for Goshoge to attack from the north. And if Suxi attacked him, when he attacked this fortress, it would also mean that Doleiman had fallen, so it would be pointless to defend Suxi at this time. β
"So it doesn't make sense for this fortress to defend in the north, it only needs to build the front, and Survier relied on the idea of Solit to attack the fortress in an instant. β
[On the simulated chessboard, the fortress instantly turned from blue to red, and the blue rout army was forced to stop when it retreated here, while the southern army of the Reform Army, which had cleared the ruins, was approaching Solit. γ
So at this time, Solit's army was facing the blockage of Surifer, who had already controlled the fortress, although the number of Surliver's army was far less than that of Solit, but with the help of the fortress, it could still hold on for a while. β
"What Suriver wants is this short period of time, as long as it lasts until the Xiu Ge army arrives, Suriver will win. Moreover, this is an oasis passage in the desert, and if you leave the oasis passage and escape through the desert, it will be a death for those weak soldiers. β
"One of the reasons why the Second Battle of Spari was more important than the first was that this one could be a battle of annihilation, not a battle of defeat. β
[In the wargame, the military flag of the Reform Department is approaching Solit little by little, and the background music is replaced by the sound of whispering. γ
"Professor Myrdal, I think this is really a wonderful battle, especially the two daring surprise attacks of Surivir, which have had an amazing effect, and he deserves to be the first general of Goshoge!"
"Yes, the long-haired Pitko, if it weren't for the fact that the commander of the army at the time was Solit, Goshoge would have achieved even greater results than the last time. β
"Professor Myrdal, can you retell us what Solit did to prevent the situation from worsening in the face of imminent defeat?"
"First, Solit offered to surrender before Shuge engaged the army of Surasi. β
"Second, after Solit had arranged the affairs of the army, he left with his cronies first, relying on his great strength to cross the desert and return to Doleiman on his own. β
"Solit's surrender of the army is a disgusting thing for Xiuge. β
"If the Sulasi army continues to fight, then Xiuge will slaughter them, and the Sulasi nobles of Goshug will not say anything, but now that the other party has surrendered, and they are all Sulasi, it is impossible for Xiuge to massacre these surrendered troops for no reason. β
"But if you don't massacre, so many prisoners can't afford to be raised. You know, Xiuge is already struggling to maintain tens of thousands of troops in Ge Xiuge, how can it be possible to raise nearly 100,000 prisoners?"
"So if Xiuge doesn't want to bear the title of murderer, he can only release most of the unimportant captives, and this is what Solit wants. β
"This is Solit's plan to surrender, no wonder Solit wants to leave first, he is such an important person, if Xiuge catches it, he will definitely not let him go. β
"That's not all for Sollett to leave first, but another important reason, and that is to hold accountable and crush the conspiracy of the opposition groups. β
"Solit himself came to power in a coup d'Γ©tat, so he was extremely sensitive to coups, and when Solit learned that Surliver's surprise attack was overwhelming, he became suspicious, so he immediately returned. β
"Solit, who was obviously still on the battlefield, suddenly returned, caught those opposition groups off guard, and more importantly, received the strong support of Napolica VII, so a coup d'Γ©tat that was about to break out was cut off by Solit and Napolica VII together. β
"Professor Myrdal, are you saying that when Solit was fighting on the front line, those Surassie nobles who were ousted from power, those Surassie nobles whose interests were harmed, were still plotting a coup d'Γ©tat, and even helping Soulevill in the surprise attack?"
"Although it is difficult to believe this from the perspective of the feelings of the people, and there is no absolute physical evidence that those nobles were related to the surprise attack of Surifer, but in history, this kind of thing did not happen once or twice. β
"Yes, there are some nobles who are like this, and they will never give up their act of death until the rope is put on his head, even if his act is to drag the country to death with him. β
So far, the Second Battle of Spari had ended in a resounding victory for Goschuge, and in a sense, Solit had not been defeated. β
"Through this campaign, Gauschge took control of the entire Sparry Pass, and as for the fortress that could only defend the south, Gauschge demolished the southern wall to make up the northern wall. β
"Although Surasi's army was defeated, the death toll was far less than the first because of the final surrender. β
"Solit, also because he took the opportunity to return it immediately, thwarted the coup plot, although there were still three after that, but those were the struggles of the small nobles, and the really capable big nobles were frightened by Solit, so even if Solit was defeated this time, he did not abolish the New Deal. β
"Yes, Professor Myrdal, thank you for being a guest on this show, your introduction to the Second Battle of Spari was wonderful, and I look forward to your next visit. β
"You're welcome, today was an interesting one. β
"So audience friends, when the time is here, this show is going to say goodbye to everyone, and we will meet here at the same time next week. β