Aino's Forest.

It's a huge forest in the middle of the river, with towering trees that cover the morning and early mornings with a thick layer of fog that makes it easy to get lost in the forest.

Although this forest is huge.

However, in reality, this forest is not considered a military stronghold, because there are indeed more than a dozen ways to bypass this forest and launch a direct attack on important cities in the middle such as the Great City of Donbu.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

Bypassing the forest is less dangerous, but it also means that the time is extended, after all, a straight line is the closest distance.

If you put it in the usual time.

The empire may choose to take a detour, and if one of them doesn't get it right, these 4 armies will probably lose it.

But now it's different.

Vega is holding back the main forces of the West Bank downstream, so what else do they need to be afraid of?

Prudence is not the same as timidity, and it is true that you should be cautious when you should be cautious, and in this situation where you can completely reduce your strength to ten times, of course, you don't need to be cautious. Therefore, in the eyes of Eskar and others, the ambush set up by the West Bank army in the forest was like a joke.

Both sides have their own ghosts.

On the other side, Kaeya sat in the temporary headquarters of the Aino-no-Mori and reunited with Ferre Gary.

"General Ferret, thank you for your hard work. ”

Caia Saint Laurent first affirmed Fere, and then confidently said: "Then leave it to this king to personally command this war, as soon as the imperial army steps into this forest, I will let them taste defeat." ”

Confident to the point of even some arrogant remarks.

This remark also made Fei Lie curious: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty doesn't understand, why do you have such confidence that the Imperial Army will lead the army into the forest, and they have more than a dozen ways to bypass us and take the Great City of Donbu. ”

Ferré was a little worried.

He glanced at the map hanging on the wall, and then continued: "You have transferred all the main forces here, the city of Donbu has no defensive force at all, and if the imperial army takes a detour, we are afraid that we will lose this war. ”

"As I said, the Imperial Army will never make a detour. ”

Caia Saint Laurent's gaze seemed to see directly through the thick fog of the enemy's discussion meeting: "The Imperial Army does not know that our main force has been transferred here from the downstream, and in their eyes, we are now a piece of meat on the board. ”

"But ......"

"No but. ”

Kaeya brutally interrupted Fere's words: "You are not a king after all, you can't understand the pride of the superior, the empire as the dominant side, this basic pride is still there, and the commander of the enemy army will definitely break through head-on." ”

"Your Majesty is wise. ”

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Ferre sighed and left.

To be honest, he really can't understand the so-called 'pride of the king' and 'the confidence of the superior', and in his opinion, it is stupid to be able to make a detour and insist on drilling into the trap of the enemy, and in the end, even if he proves his strength, he will have to die a few more people.

And the empire is clearly not stupid.

So will the Imperial Army fall into this trap that is laid out on the surface?

Logically, the answer is obvious...... No, it won't!

But implementations are often illogical and unreasonable.

If you look at reality with a rational eye, then you will find that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained clearly by our common sense and logic, because most of the time, people are controlled by emotions.

So the next day.

Unable to understand Ferre Gary, the 4 armies of the Empire broke away from the cover of the aviation units and broke into the Forest of Aino without being familiar with the terrain, and were ambushed by the most tragic West Bank Army led by Kaeya.

In this evergreen forest all year round.

As a West Coast Army that is familiar with the terrain, it is like a fish in water, and the Imperial Army that can be fought cannot find the north, and it is easy to throw off the Imperial Army when it retreats. Therefore, after this extremely tragic war, the defeat of the Imperial Army has become a foregone conclusion.

"Kill! Kill me!"

Kaeya showed madness in his eyes, and shouted angrily at his subordinates: "Let the invaders of the empire see, our dynasty is not a rabble, today is the time for us to prove ourselves to the Jialan Continent, and the whole army will attack." ”

This battle was fought from day to night, and from night to dawn.

The empire was completely defeated, completely defeated.

The West Bank, with nearly 150,000 soldiers, finally defeated the Imperial Army.

Of the entire 500,000 troops of the empire, only 300,000 walked out of the forest, and the remaining 200,000 were left in the forest of Aino forever, which was the most heavy loss and the most demoralizing war of the empire in the territory of the dynasty so far.

"Victory, victory, victory!"

The morale of the troops on the west bank of the dynastic army was greatly boosted, and the cries of mountains and tsunamis erupted.

But it's also at this time.

Ferre Gary was not immersed in the joy of victory, but immediately said: "Your Majesty, since the war has been won here, the empire needs to adjust its morale and be unable to attack in a short period of time. In my opinion, it is now time to immediately transfer the main forces back to the great city of Donbu, and the downstream, knowing that we have brought the main forces upstream, will surely take the opportunity to attack us. ”

"Ordered the whole army to pursue the victory. ”

Instead of listening to Ferré, Caia Saint Laurent insisted on going his own way.

"Your Majesty, no. ”

Ferre's face turned pale, and his previous speculation seemed to be confirmed: "Although it is true that this time it is a complete victory, the overall strength of our army and the imperial army is still far apart, and a rash attack will definitely fail." ”

"Fere, carry out my orders. ”

Kaeya's face was full of death: "Order the aviation troops to go out en masse, and after we rest, we will immediately pursue the Imperial Army, and this time we will fight to the death with the Imperial Army." ”

"Your Majesty!"

Ferre wanted to say something, but Kaeya was gone.

This situation finally made Ferre Gary sigh, and after giving Kaeya's order, he packed his things and secretly left the army under the protection of his lineage's escort, and his whereabouts are unknown.

When Kaeya learned of Ferrier's departure the next day, she didn't say anything.

He didn't even give Ferean the title of treason, let alone issue a wanted order for Fele, but continued to march in the direction of the Imperial Army in front with his army, trying to have a final decisive battle with the Imperial Army.

The West Coast Army pursued the Imperial Army relentlessly.

The Imperial Army, which could have turned its guns and could directly wipe out the West Bank Army at some cost, did not do so, they actually avoided the front of the West Bank Army for the time being, and fought and retreated, all the way back upstream.

A few days later.

While the West Bank Army and the Imperial Army were fighting fiercely upstream, Vega downstream received two letters.

The first letter was from the Imperial Army, signed by Escal.

The second letter was from the Western Bank Army of the Dynasty and was signed by Caia Saint Laurent.