429 Baker strikes
When the Imperial Northern Army attacked, according to Duke Otto's plan, Baker's Silver Moon Army would join Duke's Storm Army to strengthen the strength of the Right Wing Army, otherwise the Right Wing Army of 5,000 people, Duke Otto was really not at ease.
It's just that he didn't expect that Duke simply and decisively rejected his suggestion, with the character of Duke Otto, naturally he would not force anything, so Baker's 10,000 Silver Moon Army and Tocke's 10,000 Maple Leaf Army stayed in the territory of the Principality of Berry to ensure the safety of the Principality of Berry after the main force of the Lion Army attacked.
Baker originally did the same, but just a few days after the lion army set off, he got the news from within the barbarians, the barbarian cavalry had been dispatched, and the news of the gathering of 100,000 barbarian armies was actually not slow to get, even Duke Otto knew, but he didn't take it to heart, he just thought that this was the same as when the French Empire attacked the barbarians in the past, the barbarian army strategically retreated to drag the lion army to death.
But Baker was keenly aware of the difference, because the barbarian herdsmen and cattle and sheep did not evacuate immediately. The herd of cattle and sheep is the property and supply of the barbarians, and if they really want to retreat, it is already to let these herdsmen retreat first to ensure the safety of the barbarians' own property.
So this kind of thing is very unusual, and there is one possibility that Baker can think of, that is, these herdsmen and cattle and sheep stayed behind to provide logistical supplies for the barbarian cavalry army. It's just that he has always been unable to understand one thing, that is, the 100,000 barbarian cavalry, do they really have the confidence to challenge the 60,000 Imperial Northern Legion?
Countless combat records in history have told the barbarians that in this kind of large army of more than 10,000 levels, even if the barbarians are double the warriors, they may not be able to take the advantage, let alone that it has not doubled now. And the First Legion and the Guards Legion are the most elite legions in the French Empire, and without an army of 150,000, he really doesn't believe that the barbarians have the courage to fight bloodily.
But according to the information I got before, the other major empires of the barbarians showed no signs of sending troops, and even the Silver Horde itself did not exert all the strength of the country, otherwise they would still be able to make up 200,000 cavalry at will.
Baker didn't figure it out for a long time about this problem, and it wasn't until the Hans Empire's meticulous work rushed over that Baker knew that the Black Hawk Army of the Hans Empire had also been dispatched. Combining these two points, Baker soon discovered a cruel fact, maybe the barbarians cooperated with the Hans Empire and would flank the Empire's Northern Legion together!
Baker's strategic sense of smell is very sensitive, and he basically guessed eight or nine without leaving ten, the only thing he didn't guess was that all of this was the Duke Storm Army pulling the gap behind his back. And Baker's emphasis on intelligence has far surpassed that of his father, Duke Otto, as early as when he was in the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, he had already met all kinds of nobles, and began to use various means to plant eyeliner in other territories or surrounding countries, these things even Duke Otto did not know.
In fact, Duke Otto in his early years was as cautious as Baker. But the years are a matter of aging, and after more than 20 years of dukedom in the Duchy of Berry, those eventful years have gradually passed, and the comfortable life not only weakens his fighting spirit, but also weakens his vigilance. This is why Teucer was dissatisfied with his father, believing that he was resting on his laurels and wanted to take the throne of Duke and surpass Duke Otto.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly summoned the Silver Moon Army, preparing to support Duke Otto's lion army, and at the same time issued an order for Teucer's Maple Leaf Army to come to Berry City to strengthen the defense of the principality.
Baker is generally the kind of person who doesn't speak in the tent meeting, but once he makes a decision, when Duke Otto is not present, it is like an order, and the entire Duke of Otto begins to revolve around Baker's order, and even Toke, even if he is extremely dissatisfied in his heart, he does not dare to directly confront Baker's order, after all, he has just experienced an instrument scandal, which makes many Duke Berry's nobles have a negative impression of him.
It was at this time that many people realized that the name of Baker, the heir to the duke, was not just a name, and most people had already recognized his real power.
Of course, this also has to do with Belle's reputation as a talented teenager in the past, as well as this well-trained Silver Moon Army. Even if the Maple Leaf Army is catching up in number now, it is far inferior to Baker's Silver Moon Army in terms of elite level and training intensity.
The reason why the Silver Moon Army can develop so fast, in a sense, also has something to do with Duke, the original stop with the Spartan Army outside Andorra City, so that Baker recognized Duke's Storm Army early, and also gave him a sense of crisis, so to speak, Baker ordered the development of the Silver Moon Army, much earlier than Duke later expanded the Storm Army, plus in the northern border can continue to receive small-scale combat training, natural strength is strong.
The 10,000 Silver Moon Army, five days after the attack of the Imperial Northern Legion, also embarked on the journey, the purpose of which was to catch up with the Imperial Northern Legion, as well as to prevent accidents and other factors.
But the marching speed of this era is basically difficult to have any qualitative changes, even if the quality of the Silver Moon Army is already very good. So this road has been chasing for more than ten days, until the lion army was surrounded and bloody.
Some things came early rather than coincidentally, just when the lion army and the guards fought with the barbarian 100,000 cavalry to the most critical moment, a 10,000-strong silver moon army was killed, and this new force was completely broken The balance of the battlefield, even the barbarians did not expect that Duke Otto actually retained such a reserve army.
Once the balance of the battlefield is broken, the willpower of the barbarian warriors will collapse in an instant, and the combat in the era of cold weapons is like this. Once there is no will to fight, it will be faced with a large-scale rout and pursuit, which is why Duke Otto has always insisted on fighting head-on, because once he is in a situation of being pursued, it is difficult to organize an effective resistance.
In the face of the rout of the barbarian army, Duke Otto and Marquis Patton did not have the slightest softness, and immediately organized all the cavalry under his command to chase and kill the past, because this period of time will be the most favorable time to expand the results of the battle, as long as this battle can defeat the 100,000 barbarian army, in the next three or five years, the damage of the barbarians on the northern defense line of the empire will be reduced by half, after all, after the first war, the imperial northern army is also suffering heavy casualties, and the enemy cannot still retain sufficient military strength!