Chapter 227
In the history of the empire, in the face of siege warfare, it was impossible to hold out, and when the troops from other parts of the empire formed a siege around the empire, the siege troops would be defeated without a fight. This time this strategy was still chosen, although most of the air scouts sent by the empire were shot down by the strong men of the South Seas, but the troops belonging to the 4 dukes and 12 earls of the empire have been assembled.
In 7 days, although it seems that the Nanyang army is strong and invincible, they are gradually losing the time and geography of the war, and now they are slowly losing people.
When they lose all the time, geography, people, and everything, not to mention your 3 million troops, it is a lamb to be slaughtered in front of the royal family of the Monto Empire, 4 grand dukes, 12 grand marquises, hundreds of earls and viscounts approaching 10 million troops.
As long as these 10 million troops form a huge encirclement outside the imperial capital and form a counter-encirclement of the siege troops, as long as they hold the dangerous pass, the 3 million people who penetrated deep into the interior of the Monto Empire will all starve to death.
Such a scene has appeared dozens of times in the more than 1,000-year history of the Monto Empire, and the ancient families that have been in battle for a long time can cooperate with each other without even having to contact each other.
Although there were frequent frictions and even endless battles between the nobles of the Monto Empire because of their territory, legions, resources, talents, etc., they were surprisingly united in the face of the invasion of outsiders, and there was even a precedent for one family to sacrifice or even be exterminated for the sake of the empire.
All of the above is the main reason why Taylor III was not in a hurry and did not take the 3 million troops of the South Seas into account.
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It has been 10 days since the commander of the Nanyang Continent commanded the camp of the commander of the Nanyang Continent is chattering and scattered, and it has been 10 days since he attacked St. Atobek, the capital of the Monto Empire, and these army commanders have long calmed down from the initial excitement, and they tacitly agree on one thing, that is, this St. Atobek is really a fortified city, and it really doesn't mean that a surprise attack can be defeated.
Several old men used gestures to suppress the arguments of more than a dozen army commanders, these old men seemed to be very old, and the wrinkles on their faces had been deeply embedded in the skin, as if they had hardened to the extent of clods. But they seemed to have some kind of great ability in them, which made these legion commanders all fall silent and listen to what the old men had to say next.
"We have been able to get here already a success, even if we cannot annihilate the most powerful empire in this plane in one fell swoop, we will definitely leave with our heads held high as victors. All of us here are heroes, and our great deeds will be recorded in the history of Nanyang, and we will be remembered by future generations! An old man's eyes swept over all the legion commanders.
The old man was indeed an excellent leader, and his few words burned everyone's blood here, and the beliefs of the legion commanders who were still arguing just now gathered here!
"But we also have to think about the aftermath. It has been more than 30 days since we entered the Monto Empire, and the siege of St. Atobek has been going on for 10 years.
In these ten days, we have lost nearly 500,000 elite troops, and 5 legions have lost their combat effectiveness.
What's worse is that nearly 10 million Qinwang troops in the southwest, north, and northeast directions of the Monto Empire have formed a pinning on the periphery, although these troops are still far away from St. Atobek and will not arrive here in 20 days, but we must also prepare for the evacuation! ”
"Are we just leaving? I'm not reconciled! After nearly 50 years of hard work and the loss of hundreds of thousands of elite troops, did we just walk away? Ay! A Nepal legion leader was unwilling to punch the long table.
"Why didn't the forces that promised us stand still?" A dark-skinned legion commander asked.
"Isn't there any movement on that side?" A Japanese legion commander asked.
"A few of us are here for this, because that side has not been successful, so those forces that originally promised to send troops did not move, and there responded that the plan will definitely succeed, but not in the near future!" The old man said.
"Hey! What's the use of that! Without that plan, our legion would have been 3 million more, and we wouldn't have been able to take this city. By the time all our 3 million troops without backup are annihilated, it will be too late for that plan to succeed! The commander of the fifth and sixth armies of the Japanese tribe, Hino Muto, said with a sigh that he had an unusual dedication to conquering the Monto Empire.
"So we have to change the original strategic plan, change the lightning plan to the encroachment plan, and the Nanyang Continent Council ordered: launch a feint attack of 500,000 within 2 days, then kill all the prisoners of war, leave here, and complete the assembly in the southern part of the Monto Empire-Limpopo Province, and then retreat to the Nanyang Continent in turn."
When everyone heard this plan, they behaved differently, some were happy, some were sorry, and some were at a loss, not understanding what the purpose of such a mobilization was to make such a move!
The old man continued: "The siege of the city is carried out by the Fifth Army of the Wa Tribes and the First Army of the Nanyang United Army. The siege began at 5 a.m. and ended after five hours. Kill all the prisoners of war in 2 hours and extract food, a task carried out by the 1st Wa Legion. Then at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the outlying troops turned into the front and set out to break through. ”
The old man looked around and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”
"No more!" The Legion Commanders replied.
"The order is forbidden, I wish you all prosperity and prosperity, and see you in our hometown!" The old man blessed it.
The legion commanders watched a few old men leave, and their eyes showed respect for the extremely old men, not only because many of these legion leaders were the children or apprentices of these old men, but also because these old men plus some old people who died in Nanyang or in battle together unified the Nanyang Continent, which had been fighting separately for many years.
At 12 noon, the day's siege was over. Both sides of the war are licking their wounds.
But today is very strange, the Nanyang Legion, which used to attack the city again in the afternoon, did not attack the city, but pushed all the prisoners of war who accompanied the army to the front of the battle.
The Imperial troops on the walls wondered, thinking: What is this for? Do you want to force the prisoners of war to attack the city? Isn't that a joke? These are not prisoners of war at all, just ordinary people, all women, or ** women!
The weather is unpredictable, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and both sides of the war have no intention of continuing the battle of St. Atobek.