Chapter 414: Long Drive
The city of Nolah.
This is where Vega's granary is located.
Generally speaking, as a granary city, it must be strictly guarded, and strive not to fly into it.
But what can be seen now is that the lazy guards are squatting on the wall and dozing off, and the guards on patrol duty have moved a wooden box from nowhere, and are gathering in the corner of the wall to gamble.
The only one who is still loyal to his job is the Scout.
They're acting as "human cameras" along the city's thoroughfares, but if you follow them for a long time, they haven't moved for hours.
"What a third-rate army. ”
Theon, who had received the news, shook his head.
Now in his opinion, although Vega is famous, but with such a group of delayed recruits, it is almost impossible to win this war.
The so-called soldiers are expensive but not too expensive.
The most feared thing for senior generals is not how strong the enemy is, what will really lead them to defeat is often incompetent subordinates who make mistakes in details, and now Vega's army clearly fits the image of "pig" teammates.
"Your Excellency, the enemy's eyeliner has been cleared. ”
A shadow mage suddenly appears in front of Theon, and then reports to Theon that the Scouts have all been killed, allowing the large army to attack the city of Nora.
"Send a signal for the war airship to perform a magic bombardment. ”
Theon's usual method of warfare was to first let the war airship plough the ground, and when the bombardment was over, the wealthy merchants of the city who had received his letter early would take advantage of the chaos to open the gates, and they would be able to take the city of Nella without much effort.
This is a war without difficulty at all.
Even if there were no rich businessmen, Theon thought that the 100,000 people he brought could easily defeat the rabble of Vega, and for this raid, Theon brought a full 100,000 elite soldiers.
Boom Boom Boom –
As the vanguard force, the war airship was very fast, and under Theon's order, it had already carried out a carpet bombardment of the towers and target areas of Norra, and the flames could already be seen rising into the sky from afar.
"Your Excellency, the time is almost up. ”
The time-keeping lieutenant reminded Theon that he could give the order to attack.
In order not to injure friendly troops, the war airship will only bombard for about an hour before the army enters the city, and they will retreat directly after an hour, and the rest of the task is the army's.
"Ahem, come in...... Let's attack. ”
Theon suddenly felt a chill behind him, so his voice paused.
Although he was a little uneasy for no reason, he didn't pay too much attention to it, just thought that the temperature difference between the night and the day was too big, coupled with the long distance march, he was already in poor health and couldn't support it.
Da Da Da –
Walking at a neat pace, the whole army advanced steadily.
One hundred thousand is a terrible number.
Although Nora City is very close to the Grey Raven City, where Vega's main force is located, it only takes half a day to travel back and forth, but under the fierce attack of one of his army groups, it cannot support the arrival of Vega's main force at all.
Theon knows that.
Only then did he recklessly lead the army to attack Nora, without fear of being dragged out of the gates of Nora, and finally cut through the flanks by the main force of Vega, who rushed to receive a distress signal.
"Your Excellency, the gates have been opened. ”
The adjutant immediately reported to Theon: "It was the merchants who sent us the letter! They took advantage of the sudden attack of our war airship to kill the soldiers defending the city and open the city gates. ”
"Hahaha!
Theon laughed heartily and said three good words in a row: "There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust, that little imp should not be in charge of the interests of civilians and businessmen at a critical juncture." ”
He never dared to underestimate civilians.
While those civilians may seem harmless, cowardly, and unmentionable, that's only if you don't infringe on their interests, and once you violate their exploitation, they will take it to heart and stab you in the heart at a critical moment.
"Attack! for victory!"
Theon, though old, reverberated with a powerful voice, officially kicking off the war.
Boom Boom Boom –
Magic is roaring, flags are waving.
The army marched straight in, and in less than 20 minutes it all entered the city, and did not encounter any obstacles.
And rightfully so.
Theon, who followed the crowd into the city, looked around, and was not disturbed by the fact that he could not see the enemy, because under the sudden attack of the magic airship, the defenders here were probably unable to find the north from their backs, and where could they reorganize their forces to counterattack.
Theon didn't know how many troops Vega had put in the city of Norah.
But even if this kind of thing is guessed, it is known that there will be no more than 20,000 people.
The 20,000 rabble were pure recruits, and in the face of massive air raids, his army of 100,000 rushed into the city gates, and even the most prestigious officers could not regroup him.
Now the biggest possibility is.
The disorganized soldiers had scattered and fled, shedding their uniforms that had once been regarded as glory, and shivering in the dark corners of the city, waiting for the war to end.
This is called a recruit.
They are even more useless than cannon fodder, and they may be 100% stronger when they gain a huge advantage, but once they are suppressed, or they enter a desperate situation, they will collapse without a fight.
The strong die of thirst.
The weak die of despair.
They are truly weakling, weaklings who are doomed to failure when they despair.
Such a weak person would not dare to command even an officer with outstanding command ability, at least Seon would rather command a group of cannon fodder troops than take a new recruit to a vital war.
I think I have seen through this army completely.
After storming the city, Theon ordered a large army to rush towards the underground warehouses that had been detected beforehand.
That underground warehouse holds all of Vega's supplies.
As long as he destroys it, he can defeat Vega without a single soldier, and when Vega is defeated, the people of Nine Cities will personally tear him to pieces, and he can even use this opportunity to open a warehouse to release food and win people's hearts.
It's close, it's close.
With the advance of 100,000 people, nothing could stop him along the way.
Now in the flickering light of the fire, he was able to see the entrance to the underground warehouse with the naked eye.
Go to war.
Theon had already entered a state of complacency ahead of time.
In this battle, his soldiers lost less than 100 men, but the goal he achieved was to send the entire army of 200,000 led by Vega to hell.
This level of record is a legend anyway, right?