readx;? Before the start of the defense of Lua City, without the knowledge of the Higg army, Bols had quietly put a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people outside the city, and led by his most loyal subordinates to hide, until the defense of Lua City was carried out for half a month, this force was pulled from the hidden place and went straight behind the enemy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info began to harass the Higg army's logistical supply lines endlessly, resulting in 30% of the Hig army's logistical supply falling into the hands of the rebels, and 40% being burned by the rebels, leaving only the last 30% to reach their destination.

Therefore, the Higg army under Lua City held out for a total of a month because of the lack of logistics and supplies, and the attack was unsustainable, so it had to choose to retreat temporarily, preparing to regroup and attack again, but this retreat was not so easy.

As soon as Higg's army left, the gates of Lua were wide open, and after a month of staggering, Bols's resistance finally had the opportunity to take the initiative, and this time Bols still used all cavalry.

The 20,000 Higg army was bitten by Bols's 5,000 cavalry, and a piece of meat was bitten off almost every step back, and finally, the morale of the malnourished soldiers was close to collapse, and Bols seized the opportunity to use a night attack to completely crush the Higg army again.

So far, the Higg Empire's two conquests against the Bols rebels have all ended in failure, and by the power of the great victory, the rebels have a great strength, sweeping the cities and forces around Lua City, and half of the territory in the eastern part of the empire has fallen into the hands of the rebels, and the military strength of the rebels has also expanded rapidly from more than 5,000 people to 20,000 at the beginning, and has formed a local strategic advantage in the east, and there is a faint momentum of counterattacking the empire.

After the first defeat of the Higg army, the Doge's palace welcomed a distinguished guest from his northern neighbor, who did not come empty-handed, but not only brought the goodwill of the emperor from his northern neighbor, but also was willing to give Bols substantial support. The arrival of this distinguished guest surprised and delighted Bols, at this time he was scratching his head for the logistics of his own army, but he did not expect that someone would send charcoal in the snow, so the Bols lion opened his mouth and made a bunch of requests, and the distinguished guest was obviously surprised by his request, because this was beyond the scope of his authority, and he had to go back and ask His Majesty the Emperor to decide. The guest took his leave, and there was no news for a long time, until Bols defeated the second wave of invading Imperial troops.

Just when Bols was troubled by the irreconcilable contradiction between the growing army and the shrinking logistics, and regretted that the price was too high to scare away the northern backups, the guests from the north came unexpectedly, and brought the news that made him ecstatic, the emperor of the north had agreed to his request, and even sent a few magicians to give him substantial support.

As a result, Bols became completely grounded and began to become ambitious, and the rebels recruited troops everywhere to further expand their power. With the spirit of winning two battles and two victories, the army also began to attack around the city of Lua, conquering the city, and turning most of the southeastern part of the empire into its own territory with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

After nearly four months of war from spring to summer, the Higg court suddenly found that the rebels not only had nearly 50,000 troops, but also owned thousands of miles of land in the southeast, and there was a strong backup in the north to support the rebels' military supplies, and it seemed that they had the strength to challenge themselves head-on.

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Boothman Rolland could not help but feel remorse, regretting that he had been in a hurry, and that he had not listened to the advice of the ministers because he had been carried away by anger for a while, and that he had adopted a policy of softness to deal with the incident of Bols's crimes from the perspective of the overall situation. It's just that it's too late to regret at this time, and Bols, who is completely at a disadvantage, is still unruly, not to mention how can he, who has gradually mastered the local advantage, bow to the empire again.

And even if Boothman Rolland wants to calm things down, it is impossible for the ministers of the government and the opposition, including the military bosses, to agree, if they continue to connive at Bols at this time, the Higg government and the opposition will not only lose their prestige externally, but also lose their prestige internally, not to mention that the Bols rebels may not be able to lose their tail, and other forces may also follow suit, and the Hig Empire will be torn apart from now on.

In desperation, Higg XIII ordered the transfer of more troops from the west and north of the empire to collect the Boers rebels, and now that the situation in the south of the empire has returned to calm, it is also possible to transfer some troops to the north.

While the troops were busy, Busman Rolland turned his attention to the Holy See, which was busy preparing for the construction of churches and accepting believers.

For this reason, Busman Rolland had to visit Cardinal Edgar Raphael's temporary residence in person under the pretext of inspecting the pace of construction of the Higg Cathedral, and had an in-depth conversation with Cardinal Raphael about asking the Holy See to help in suppressing the rebels.

The direct reason for the Boers rebels' betrayal of the empire was the Bauhinia War initiated by the Holy See, and now the Boers rebels are still carrying the banner of expelling the Holy See's forces and forcing the empire and the Holy See to turn their faces.

However, Cardinal Raphael, after expressing his full support for Higg XIII, expressed his own difficulties, as a cardinal, his power was limited to the Diocese of Hig, and the Diocese of Hig was not equipped with an independent army, and outside of this, he had no right to intervene in the military forces of the Holy See, although he did have a group of swordsmen, but it was used to protect the church and priests, and it was impossible to go to the battlefield, and the number was limited. However, Cardinal Raphael promised to write a letter to His Holiness the Pope immediately asking for help from His Majesty the Templars. Of course, during this period, if assistance is needed, the Diocese of Higg can provide limited support to some priests.

In desperation, Boothman Rolland could only return to the palace in a huff, waiting for a reply from Winston, at which point he really regretted that he should not have hurried to surrender to the Holy See, perhaps then the situation would have been better. However, it is useless to think about this now, and it is imperative to gather the ministers to discuss a way to eliminate the rebels.

However, just when Higg XIII was actively preparing for a new counterinsurgency plan and waiting for a positive reply from the Holy See, the news came that the Holy See announced that the Templars were going to the Cullen Snow Mountain for training.

Sure enough, the next day, Cardinal Raphael came to the palace to tell the Holy See about the difficulties of the Holy See at this time, and finally promised to send fifty priests to participate in the next counterinsurgency campaign.

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