Chapter 32: Unscientific War
Iron Stronghold
When Barton followed Bolton to the Royal Knights' Barracks, and after meeting 10,000 Royal Knights, the entire Western Legion was quickly mobilized. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The city is blocked, the caravan is banned, and the breath of war envelops the entire Iron and Blood Fortress. At the same time, the entire Nok Empire, this huge machine is running, and countless grains and grasses are requisitioned and sent to the border of war.
The border, which had been quiet for seven years, was once again in turmoil. Outside of the Iron Fortress today, there are no merchants or travelers traveling. The scouts of the two countries, within a radius of hundreds of miles, were the first to clash. Ambushes, detectives, spies, counter-espionage, etc., confrontations in the shadows are everywhere.
"Your Excellency, the Nok Empire has dispatched an army of 100,000 troops, and it has already advanced towards our fortress, and it is about thirty miles away from the fortress!"
In the fortress of the West German Empire, the main general had just gathered the generals to discuss the abnormality of the Nok Empire, but he did not expect to receive such a report from the scout.
"So quickly, what kind of conspiracy does the Nok Empire have, even if it mobilizes a large army so suddenly, does it really want to provoke a war again. ”
In the West German Empire, the main general sat on the upper seat, and before he could speak, the generals below had already started a heated discussion.
"Who is the leader of the enemy?"
"Lord Qiyu, there is a message from the scouts in front, this time the leader is the Western Legion of the Nok Empire, the commander of the legion, Patton, and according to the information from the inside, there are also 10,000 royal knights of the Nok Empire accompanying him. ”
The scout detailed the information he had detected.
"Nok Empire, Royal Knight. ”
Will John, who was sitting in the position of the main general, frowned even tighter, and he couldn't guess the true purpose of the Nok Empire. You must know the number of times the royal knights appear on the battlefield in the east, and the number is pitiful. Under normal circumstances, the royal knights would only follow when the emperor was personally conscripted, otherwise they would not easily leave the imperial capital.
"Could it be that this little emperor who has just been registered in the Nok Empire is really stupid?"
"Of the 30,000 royal knights, 10,000 went to crusade against the Thirteen Kingdoms Alliance, and the other 10,000 were transferred to the Iron Blood Fortress. Could it be that he really thought that 10,000 Royal Knights, plus the Western Legion, would be able to break through the fortress of Deno. ”
Will couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this. However, in the face of the Western Legion of the Nok Empire and the Royal Knights, he was not prepared to go out of the city to fight before the imperial reinforcements arrived.
After all, the Royal Knights, which are purely composed of knights and great knights, should not be underestimated even if there are only 10,000 people. Coupled with the current garrison army of the West German fortress, there are only 70,000 people, which is less than the army of the Nok Empire. Therefore, in Will's opinion, the safest way now is to defend the city, and wait for the Empire's reinforcements to arrive, and then have a head-on decisive battle.
"Let's go, our old friend is here, and we'll go over and see each other too. ”
Will stood up and said to the generals. One is the Eastern Army of the West German Empire, and the other is the Western Army of the Nock Empire, and the two legions have relied on the border to confront each other for thousands of years, and it can be said that they are already very familiar with each other. As the saying goes, it's often your enemies who know you best.
"Hey, what's the matter, is that lion woke up today without taking medicine, and still hasn't set up camp. Or are you going to storm my Deno Fortress in one fell swoop, and then revel in our fortress?"
Will and the others, standing on the city wall, saw that the 100,000 troops of the Nok Empire, endless, were already nearly twenty miles away from the Deno Fortress, and they had not even set up camp. Seeing this, Will was surprised, and at the same time couldn't help but make a joke.
Hearing Will's words, the other generals of the West German Empire couldn't help but laugh one by one. They didn't expect that Barton, the iron-blooded lion who had always led the army rigorously, would make such a low-level mistake. It was now more than two hours before noon, and according to the speed of the marching of the army, it would take at least about evening to reach the fortress of Deno.
An army of 100,000 people camped and rested, and it would take at least a certain amount of time. Not to mention, camping near enemy cities is a big taboo. Think about it, if it's too close, what if you are attacked by the other party when the army is resting and eating. Therefore, even if it is a besieging party and a large army is encamped, it needs to be separated by a certain distance.
Now, the army of the Nok Empire is more than ten miles away from the enemy fortress, and it is already very strange that there is no pause and the intention of camping on the spot.
Could it be that they are still thinking of attacking at night, or besieging the fortress of Deno. Weir, the chief general of the West German Empire, couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this, and when the military strength of the two sides was hugely different, it was indeed possible. But now in the Deno Fortress, the defenders have 70,000 soldiers, and the other side is also about 100,000 troops, so it is impossible to form an absolute superiority in strength.
Inexplicably, Will felt a little uneasy in his heart, thinking about his old opponent, Patton, who was known as the iron-blooded lion, obviously would not make such a low-level mistake. It's just that this situation is now, how to explain it?
In the Nok Empire, in the Western Legion, there are also many generals of the Western Legion. Think about the other day, suddenly called. Patton took out the new emperor's military order, asking to assist the Royal Knights and attack the West German Empire. Many generals are confused, especially when they see the Royal Knights who have already arrived, they are even more confused, and they don't know what the empire and the legion commander want to do.
Now it is only fifteen miles away from the fortress of Deno. Patton again refused, and his subordinate offered to set up camp. Under the puzzled gaze of the others, he turned to Bolton, who was walking side by side, and said:
"General Bolton, I'll leave it to you Royal Knights. ”
"Haha, you can rest assured, I won't let you sleep in the wilderness. ”
When Bolton heard Patton's words, he ignored the other generals who were confused and laughed out loud. Riding a horse, we went to the phalanx of the Royal Knights.
"General, this is?"
Looking at the stopped Bolton, the other generals asked inexplicably.
"Just watch, break through the fortress of Deno today. ”
The other soldiers, although they didn't know why their own legion commander said this, they still believed very much that Patton, the corps commander, so they looked at one by one, among the 100,000 troops, a very special 10,000 people.
Why is it special, because no one can figure out why the famous Royal Knights, the Royal Knights, are all dressed in cloth armor, not to mention luxurious knight suits, not even a single iron armor. This is difficult to make many soldiers of the Western Legion puzzled, and they secretly muttered to themselves one by one: It is said that the Royal Knights are the best-equipped legions, why does it look even poorer than our Western Legion now!
"Royal Knights, all knights dismount, run and proceed, target the fortress of Deno. ”
All the soldiers and generals of the Western Legion were stunned, and Bolton ordered directly, and then dismounted together. Led the way and ran towards the local fortress.
"Will. General, are you sure they're human!"
The generals and soldiers of the Western Legion couldn't believe their eyes when they looked at the group of royal knights in front of them, running on their two feet like the wind, and how much faster than their horses.
"Who knows!"
Barton also responded very speechlessly, he also wanted to know whether the current Royal Knights was a monster concentration camp or something. In less than a moment, this group of non-humans had run away.
I think that at the beginning, when he went to visit the Royal Knights, he saw the royal knights wearing cloth clothes, barehanded, and practicing with each other, and they also laughed at Bolton, the Royal Knights, is it already poor, they don't even have a set of knights' armor, and they don't see any horses.
As a result, Bolton only said one word, leaving him speechless.
"Do you think those things still work?"
Just one sentence directly made Barton stunned on the spot, yes, faster than a horse, and strong endurance, what do you want a horse to do. Isn't it a waste to be invulnerable to all of them, what kind of knight armor to wear?
Therefore, in the face of the questions of his subordinates, he didn't know how to answer, at least he didn't think that the royal knights in the Royal Knights could still be called ordinary humans.
The Western Legion of the Nok Empire, this is still the case. When Bolton took 10,000 royal knights and ran to the fortress of Deno, their faces were not red and they were not breathless, which directly made the enemy's generals and soldiers who were defending the city wonder if they were hallucinating in front of them.
What they saw, under the clairvoyant mirror, they clearly saw that the enemy's nearly 10,000 soldiers actually relied on two feet and ran for more than ten miles in less than a few minutes. Looking at their appearance, they didn't wear any armor, let alone carry siege equipment, each of them only brought a big sword, and they wanted to organize an attack on a powerful fortress with a height of more than 30 meters.
"The sky is above, am I not awake, or is this world completely crazy!"