Chapter 115: Situation and Countermeasures
While the giant military dogs were feasting, the soldiers of the Empire were not idle, they searched from house to house, and looted every house in the city. Three days later www.biquge.info only a ruined ruin was left on the Iliad Plain, and the former town of Iru had completely disappeared, as if it had never existed.
The 9th Division left the ruined town of Iru early, and James scattered most of his forces across the vast Iliad plain, continuing to search for the rebels, leaving only the most elite vanguard battalion to defend the town.
In the middle of the night, at the command post of Dart Town, the captain of the reconnaissance cavalry once again brought frustrating information to the crowd, and after three days of large-scale searching, there was still no trace of the rebels.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what are your countermeasures for destroying the enemy army?" asked the crowd with a blank expression.
"Your Excellency, the rebels are powerless to confront our army head-on, their purpose is only to sneak up on the Empire's supply lines, in this case, we can completely deploy on the supply lines, wait for the rabbits, and then ......" Master Rogge thought for a moment and said his own suggestion.
James looked at the map, still frowning, "This is theoretically possible, but the imperial supply line runs through the entire Iliad Kingdom, stretching for more than five hundred kilometers, if we deploy along the entire supply line, it will inevitably cause the dispersion of troops, which will give the resistance a chance, you know, our opponents are very cunning, after they find out the situation, they can concentrate superior forces to attack one of our weakest points in defense." ”
"In addition, our 9th Division cannot afford this small group of rebels to be dragged to the death in the territory of the Iliad, and Marshal Rocherio has asked us to settle the battle as soon as possible, so as not to have too many nights. "James opened the battle map in his hand completely, bent down, and kept his fingers on the border line marking the Iliad Kingdom," The Holy War on the front is currently fighting extremely fiercely, although the Illuminati coalition led by the Empire has made some progress, but has not yet taken the most critical strategic points, and the Moses, although they have repeatedly lost, they have adopted an extremely cruel scorched earth policy, they have moved all the people before the defeat, burned the grain and grass, and poisoned the well water, and now even the drinking water of the Mujahideen in the front needs to be replenished from the rear......"
"Your Excellency, you mean that the army cannot be supplied on the ground at the front line, and this supply line is of vital importance to the Empire and cannot be overlooked. "Marven knows a little bit, he has experienced the war, and he knows the importance of supplies.
"It can be understood in this way, in fact, many commanders of Moses countries have also seen this clearly, and they have dreamed that their top masters will break through the enchantment and blockade, come to the aid of the rebels, expand their momentum, and then completely cut off our supplies!"
"Your Excellency Commander, in that case, why is Marshal Rocherio in such a hurry to transfer the Ninth Division to the front?" Marven was a little puzzled, "As far as I know, there are not many elite troops left in the rear of the Empire. ”
"That's right, Commander, we have dreamed of going to the Marne Federation to witness the miracle, but now that the situation is so serious, the Marshal has suddenly changed his mind, what should we do if we want to stay here all the time?" Several other mercenaries around him just stood quietly at first, but after hearing James analyze the situation, they were quite uneasy. The situation is extremely dangerous, and if the situation deteriorates, they may remain trapped in the Iliad, and their original plans to get into the Marne Federation may be completely ruined.
"Marshal Rocherio is like a god, and his strategy is beyond the comprehension of you people, rest assured, you will get what you want. James snorted coldly and pointed to a small red area in the center of the map, "This is the Lombard Kingdom, it is the northern condestituency of the Marne Federation, the strategic location is very important, this small country has its own dangerous geographical location and rich resources to make friends with the major forces, it can be said that it is like a fish in water, and now, Marshal Rocherio is trying to mobilize heavy troops and take it at any cost, do you know why?"
"Why? Could it be that taking it can solve the supply problem of the empire?" Marven was quite curious, according to common sense, this kind of small country with a certain strength and extremely critical geographical location is the object of great forces, even if it cannot be allowed to join its own camp, it will try to promote it to maintain neutrality, but Rocherio does not play his cards according to common sense at all, which can only show that taking it will be of great help to solve the Illuminati army.
"That's right, the Lombardy Kingdom has fertile land and extremely rich resources, once it is captured, the supply pressure of the imperial army will be greatly reduced, and now the battle to conquer Lombardi has reached a critical moment, Marshal Rocherio now urgently needs to gather all the elite combat forces and complete the battle, our ninth division is naturally also the army named by the marshal, so he is so anxious about the counterinsurgency in the Iliad. James pointed to the Iliad kingdom on the map again, his face solemn.
"As the Marshal said, the Empire has invested too much elite combat power to secure this supply line, and even we have half a legion and three Magisters in charge of the enchantment, which is enough to destroy a medium-sized nation, and we have been held back by a small rebel army for months. ”
"With the Empire so overstretched, it doesn't seem wise to add an enemy......" Mance touched his chin and expressed his doubts.
"Hehe, Mance, how long have you not been on the front line, have you forgotten the situation in the Lombardy Kingdom?" a rare smile appeared on James's face, and he put his hands behind his back and talked eloquently, as if he was already in Lombardy at the moment," Although the Lombartian royal family is Mosesian, after the miracle of Medina Holy City, Prince Kemende converted to the Illuminati religion and became a devout believer of God the Father, and now, the doctrine of God the Father is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and quickly popularized in the territory of Lombardy, and most of the military power of the Lombard Kingdom is in the hands of Prince Kemende!"
"The Moses coalition has the support of the Lombard royal family, and they think they have picked up a treasure, and soon they will find out that this is actually just a hot potato, because the strength of the 'rebels' will be completely beyond their imagination!"
The commander's eyes showed blazing fanaticism, he waved his arms, and said hysterically: "So, for the sake of holy war, we must wipe out the rebels here in the shortest possible time! Preferably not more than a month!
Although they are not "devout believers of God the Father" at all, Marvin and the others really want to get out of the ghost place of the Iliad, but they have been thinking about it for a long time, racking their brains, and they can't think of any good way to quickly eliminate the rebels.
"That's right, enchantment!" Marven suddenly had a flash of inspiration, slapped the table, and asked James and Mance, "Two chiefs, do you remember if there are any large magic arrays in the Iliad Kingdom that can be transformed into spatial teleportation arrays?"
"There is an ancient magic array in Crete City, the capital of the Iliad, which has been in disrepair for many years, and I don't know if it can be converted into a teleportation array. James and Mance looked at each other and wondered, "Why do you ask this thing, does that antique work for us?"
"Lord Commander, that thing is useless to us, but it can be of great use to those Moses rebels!" Marven pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Think about it, the Moses rebels want to completely cut off our supplies, but their own strength is limited after all, so what is the most effective way?"
"Teleport!" As a magician, Rogge on the side had already been awakened by Marven, "They can use the teleportation array to teleport the top masters of the Moses Sect to the territory of the Iliad, so that they can completely avoid the barrier and the blockade of the Empire!"
"Teleportation?" James thought for a moment, but sneered, "Both, I have to say that your idea is indeed very creative, but Crete City is currently in the hands of the Iliad royal family, the royal family has long converted to the Illuminatia, and they are now vassals of the Empire, even if the ancient magic array is useful, it is almost impossible for them to cooperate with the rebels." ”
"Your Excellency, not necessarily. Mance stood up on the side and said: "Our vanguard battalion has fought head-to-head with the rebels many times, and has also been in contact with their leaders, and many of the top leaders of the rebels are important ministers of the former kingdom, we can't rule out the possibility that the royal family secretly colluded with the rebels......
"So, I suggest that we leave immediately and directly take over the royal capital of Crete!"
"It's not good to be suspicious like this, Your Excellency the Pioneer Officer!" Before James could answer, the affairs officer on the side hurriedly stood up and reminded: "The Iliad royal family married His Royal Highness Louis, the second prince, not long ago, although our ninth division is the elite of the empire, it is not good to move them at will!"
After hearing this, James paced back and forth in the room, although the Iliad Kingdom has submitted to the empire, but the royal family, as the princes of the empire, the nominal rulers of the kingdom, they still retain the legitimate right to rule the royal capital of Crete, although the generals of the imperial garrison can not take the monarch of this small country in their eyes, but after all, the royal family has people at the top of the empire, and in the absence of evidence at present, he can't go too far.
In the end, as if he had made up his mind, he slammed his fist on the table, "The princess of the Iliad royal family married His Royal Highness the second prince of the empire two months ago, and His Royal Highness Louis, as the second heir to the throne, has a prominent status, with this relationship, our military has to sell some face of the royal family, but if they do whatever they want and damage the interests of the empire, then don't blame us for turning our faces and denying people, when the time comes, no one will be able to protect them!"
Seeing that the commander had made up his mind, the affairs officer no longer objected, and he also knew in his heart that although His Royal Highness the Second Prince had a noble status, they only directly obeyed the orders of Marshal Rocherio and Charlemagne, and the marshal and His Royal Highness the Second Prince had always had a discordant relationship, even if they really offended the Second Prince, the Marshal would keep them.
"Mance, Marven, you two gather your forces and immediately follow me to the royal capital for a military takeover!"
"Yes!"