Chapter 514: The Final Battle of the Sea of Bourbon (16)
In the early autumn of 2063, Surifer raised a rebel flag in Yuku, and introduced the Polly army to invade Yuku, and had a foothold in the land of Pokon.
According to the normal military point of view (of this world), the next Polly invasion army should have completed the autumn harvest and started the attack after the grain and grass were sufficient, but Polly, who knew that the soldiers were fast, broke the routine and brought a large amount of grain from the mainland, so the Polly invasion army rushed towards Kadara in the east without waiting for the autumn harvest.
Yuku is a relatively remote main city, and the official road of Yuku only leads to Kadara, so Dolomi, an important town behind Kadara, is confident and bold to send reinforcements to support Yuku.
The result was unexpected, the former Yuku guard, Prince Surifer of Lazinai, led his personal cavalry to avoid the official road leading to Kadala and galloped through the wilderness with only country roads, and spent three days rushing directly from Yuku to Dolomi, and then launched a surprise attack on Dolomi on a rainy night.
When Surifer arrived at Dolomi, he was the first to reach the gate, which was forcibly arranged by Dom, the national consciousness of the Pocan camp, to the gate with an action point, and the guard of this gate was a young nobleman who supported Pocom's independence, but because of Boris's strength, he could not bear it.
"I am Suriver, Prince of Razinay, Surivier, the guards at the gates, open the door for me, fight with me, and drive out the Bourbons!" Suriver dared to be so mad as to raid the main city of Dolomi with a cavalry without backup, relying on the tendency of the guards of the city gates, who already knew from Dom.
Sure enough, when the guards hesitated, the guards became agitated, and Dolomi, who had already discovered the enemy attack, sounded the alarm from the lord's palace, but the guards ignored it, and he ordered the door to be opened, and the guards who refused to obey the order were executed, so Dolomi's city gate was opened to Suriver.
Then, along the avenue of Dolomi, Survier launched a cavalry rush through the city, breaking through the Boris garrison that had just gathered and had not yet reacted to what was going on, so that they could not form a group. Under the fury of Surifer, the whole of the Dolomy boiled, and many Pokon nobles with their own private soldiers rioted against Boris.
Boris's guards here are selling out in their hearts, and because of the betrayal of Yuku, Boris does not trust Kadala's Pokang army, so Boris sends all the reliable troops in Dolomi to Kadala as reinforcements, in their opinion, before Polly defeated Kadara, he was harassed by sea, and it was impossible to attack Dolomi, so he was now on wax.
By the time Dolomi's reinforcements to Kadara heard of Dolomi's attack, it was already noon the next day, and at this critical juncture, the generals of the reinforcements were arguing.
History of Bourbon's Naval Wars, Chapter 9, The Two-Front Plan at the Beginning of the War
【...... When news of Surifil's surprise attack on Dolomi was reached by the emissary to Dolomi's reinforcements sent to Kadala, the incompetent Pentas fell into a panic. 】
[As I mentioned before, Pentas, the prince of Fermar, only achieved this position by virtue of the family's grace as a member of the line, he was greedy and stingy with the Pokans, but when something big happened, he had no opinion, and actually held a meeting at such a critical juncture to ask his generals what to do. 】
[No matter how incompetent Pentas is, he is the most senior and official general here, and the only general who has the prestige to subdue the other generals, but when he surrenders his choice and does not stand firmly, it means disaster for Dolomi. 】
[Except for those who did not speak, the generals divided into two factions and argued with each other in the camp (because this matter was not very honorable, so the generals erased the record, so I can't figure out who the two generals of the two factions were arguing at that time, and I can only confirm their general remarks at that time. )】
[The general remarks of the generals who thought that they should return to Dolomi immediately were as follows: "Poli's haste to attack Kadala without waiting for the autumn harvest is undoubtedly too hasty, and therefore doomed to failure.] So we should make sure that Dolomi doesn't fall, after all, we are Dolomi's defender and not Kadala's, and Dolomi is more important to us. ”】
[The general who thinks that Dolomi should be ignored to support Kadala is roughly as follows: "A surprise attack by only one cavalry unit is undoubtedly a decoy to disturb our minds, and I think their real purpose is to force us back to Dolomi so that they can storm Kadala with a strong force, so we should go to Kadala.] ”】
[Faced with two seemingly justified positions but completely opposite proposals, Pentas was confused, and did not make a decision until the next morning to return to Dolomi. By the time the army returned to Dolomi, Suriver had already relied on the rebellious Pocon nobles to take control of Dolomi and keep Pentas out. 】
[Annoyed and angry, Pentas was anxious, so he attacked Dolomi, only to be beaten back, and in desperation, Pentas decided to march to Kadara and complete the initial strategic move. 】
[When the news of Dolomi's capture came out, it shook the entire Bourbon Island, because after Dolomi was captured, Kadala became an isolated city, and what was worse meant that Baboutis, the capital of Pocom, had no barrier for Surifer, and if Baboutis was captured, the army on the eastern front would be cut off inland, and it was likely to encounter the danger of total annihilation. 】
[Seeing this, the panicked Boris had to temporarily abandon the "two-front plan", withdraw the army that was originally going to attack Ogras to Elm, and then transfer the navy of the western front to the eastern front to ensure the sea supremacy of the eastern front. 】
Surivir walked through the ancient streets of Dolomi, stepping on a few broken tiles from time to time, a testament to the fierce fighting in the city in the past few days. The soldiers respectfully followed the rear of Surifil, accompanying their master around the ancient city, thinking that he had come here to be nostalgic.
Dolomi is an ancient city that belongs to the northern district of the old Bourbon Passage, which was built by the ancient Bourbon people to the Northern Passage, and has a history of 1,000 years.
And for Surifil, the city actually has a special significance, when the first Heroic Games were played, it was the Barbarians of Bonn themselves, who led the cavalry from the south of Babutis to raid here and capture the city, and the city has become the territory of Pokon since then, and it has not changed to this day.
However, Surifer is now not browsing the ancient city as his soldiers imagined, but using the special connection between national consciousness and world walking, and discussing the next action with Dom.
"I'm not going to wait for next autumn harvest to be in action, I have to deal with the lone army in Kadara this year, can you use the action point to ensure that the Kadara riot is 100% successful?" asked Suriver.
Dom gave Suriville the knowledge of national consciousness: "The point of action cannot guarantee the success of the operation, at most the rebellion is almost 100% carried out. You know, all my operations were done at the beginning of the month, and I couldn't do it again for the rest of the month. In addition, I can't guarantee that Hades (the national consciousness of the Boris faction) will use action points to reduce the success of Kadala's rebellion, which is a risk that the rebellion will not succeed. ”
Suriville was a little agitated, and it could be seen that the rebellion against Boris was putting a lot of pressure on him: "I can wait until next month, but not until next year. Although I don't see Boris moving, I'm sure Boris is moving troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, so it is necessary to capture Kadara before enemy reinforcements arrive, so as not to be exposed to the enemy. ”
"Can you explain your reasoning?" Dom had to admit that he was still inferior to Suriver in terms of strategic vision, "The vassal must send the national strategic distribution entirely to the overlord unless it clicks the betrayal option, and the map sharing provided by the overlord to the vassal can choose which ones to send." ”
Suriver let out a sneer, not the sneer of a teenager, but the sneer of an old fox who has lived for hundreds of years: "Boris transferred troops not for military reasons, but for political reasons, so far the war has burned on the territory of the enemy country, and they dare not take the responsibility for the fire of war burning to the homeland. ”
[When Surivir rebelled, I was still studying at the academy, and even though I was only 13 years old, I could feel the panic in Boris at that time, because for the first time in seven years since the outbreak of war, there was a possibility of war breaking out on the territory of Boris, and people were worried about it. 】
[The Boris invasion army captured Yuku, Surifer captured Dolomi, the Boris army in Kadara became a dangerous lone army, and the Boris army in the interior and other places was at risk of being cut off at any time. To the east of the Dolomy is Babtis, and to the east of Babtis is Ji'an, and further east of Ji'an is the territory of Boris, the Fintina Channel. 】
[So the nobles of the Fendina Passage and the documents of the in-laws related to them flew to the Caddoch Palace like snowflakes, asking for help, scolding, and crying, which caused a lot of pressure on the great nobles of the Caddoch Palace, and Caddoch III (Boris Sea King) was afraid of this pressure, so he decided to withdraw some of the troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, so as to prevent the Fendina Passage from becoming a battlefield. 】
[When Lul (the supreme commander of the Western Front of Boris) heard the news, he was greatly surprised, so he handed over the military affairs of the front to his subordinates, and quickly rushed back to Pease (the capital of Boris) to persuade the citizens and nobles of the capital. 】
["Distinguished nobles and industrious citizens, I have been greatly surprised to hear that you are trying to draw the troops of the Western Front to the Eastern Front, so I have hurried back overnight to state to you that this action is not feasible. ”】
["Believe me, that the words that follow are from my heart, from my love for this country, and not from the dissatisfaction with the removal of my army, as some villains suspect. ”】
["The balance of victory has always been in our favor until the war has been going on, so we should firmly assume the original plan, not be frightened by a small setback, and do not completely change our smooth steps because of the enemy's success, which will only lead us by the enemy's nose. ”】
["As you can see, the war has been going on for 7 years, and in the Myramie Sea, our fleet has always maintained supremacy of the sea, defeating the fleet of Portlou again and again, and in the 'Battle of Lur' we have won a brilliant victory, and on the shores of Portloo we have sown fear, and for Portlou we are the undisputed victors. ”】
["You can see that on the peninsula of Edonan, South Poutu and Edonan are afraid of our power and loyal to us, and Poli's army has always been able to operate only along the coast, suffering from our aggression, and we are the undisputed victors on the peninsula of Edonan. ”】
["As you can see, on the western front of Bourbon we have built the Fort of Lour, which bears my name, we have captured Batis, we have taken Elm, we have burned the flames of war to Ogras, we have ravaged the villages of the Polis, we have made the Polis fear when they hear our trumpet, and we are the undisputed victors on the western front of Bourbon. ”】
["It's just that now on the eastern front of Bourbon, we have suffered a little setback, and the shameless traitors have launched an unexpected rebellion against us, which has made it impossible for us to continue our offensive against Poli. But it doesn't matter, as long as we withdraw our large army in the interior and protect our king in Pokon, a small rebel army will not be able to take Babutis, and even if we do, we will still have a vast land to fight with them. ”】
["There is a fear of an attack on the Fintina Passage, and I think this is a superfluous fear, how can there be a war without an attack, and even the Southern Passage has not been attacked in those days? As long as we continue to maintain the offensive on the Western Front, sooner or later Polly will abandon their desperate struggle on the Eastern Front and secure the Western Front. ”】
["This is my speech, I think this is a heartfelt word, without any selfishness, I hope that all the respected nobles and industrious citizens can think carefully about my problems, think twice, the future of Boris is in your hands, do not regret the action of a lifetime because of a moment of panic. ”】