White snowflakes floated on the windowsill, and a continuous curtain of snow flakes swayed back and forth between the firmament, and the crystal clear ice moss reached a centimeter thick, indicating that the harsh winter of O'Acha had come, and the city was shrouded in depth and silence, and the night was plucked with the erratic and inscrutable sound of friction, which was the sound of snowflakes falling, and in the night when there was no light, it was like a silent sigh, rather a feeling or a mixture of fine dust, which filled the world.

In a study room with lights on late at night, the fat man looked deeply at the map on the wall, downstairs was the sound of the neat steps of the patrol, the table was placed with the reports delivered, and the bonfire in the fireplace exuded a warm smell to dispel the cold in the room.

The snow on the earth covered the four fields, just like the battle situation in front of which decided the fate of the northwest, and the 100,000 southwest army marched northward strongly, trying to defeat the northwest coast in one fell swoop.

The fat man's side pushed the boat down the river, taking advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Southwest Army, first crushing the naval fleet that was advancing north with the Southwest Army, and then taking advantage of the naval advantage, ordering Dustrengke's privateer fleet to transport the elite of the 5,000 Central Army with the fleet to the southwest, cutting off the supply line of the Southwest Army from the rear, and forcing the Southwest Army to retreat.

Although Atwood Sea City has always had a hostile attitude towards the northwest coast, its excellent strategic location, for the sluice gate role of the northwest sea, has always been the area where the fat man is bound to win, according to the original plan, the southwest army retreated, and the army strength was not strong Atwood Sea City, it was completely exposed to the northwest coast southward army, it would be a piece of fat on the chopping board, without blowing dust, the northwest coast can easily cut off the southwest's peeping heart for the northwest

However, Lidacus's determination to hold on to Rwanaca completely disrupted the fat man's entire plan, and he carried 100,000 southwestern troops with 5,000 troops. The courage of his subordinates finally made the fat man change his plan, since he gave up passive defense, then he had to take the initiative, and in the case that someone had to make a sacrifice, the fat man finally decided to sacrifice Atwood Sea City,

It is not a very pleasant thing to make such a decision,

Sacrifice Atwood Sea City to facilitate the Southwest Army's final risk. This can be described as a stroke of genius in strategy, but in reality, it has always been a special means that the fat man is unwilling to use, using the blood of tens of thousands of people to achieve a certain strategic goal, which is close to cold-blooded.

In fact, the fat man is also hesitating if the Southwest Army can wisely retreat from the difficulties for Atwood. Or you can also consider using diplomatic means to force him to submit, and on the basis of not shaking the interests of the northwest coast, the fat man is not willing to leave a too bloody image on other forces.

It's a pity that the Southwest Army finally embarked on the road of no return that it had prepared for it. The barrage, combined with the subsequent burning of the entire Sea City of Atwood, was as intended. The original influence of the Southwest Army on the northwest region was weakened to the greatest extent, so that some areas that were still vacillating between the two forces in this decisive battle were very neatly on the side of the northwest coast this time.

Since the Atwood tragedy, Denia and Rossende, who directly faced the Southwest Army, also jointly expressed a very resolute resistance to the Southwest Army

The combined military strength of the two countries exceeded 200,000, even the arrogant and domineering Southwest Army did not dare to rashly start a war against the two sides at the same time, and the Southwest Army sent an envoy to negotiate with Denia, hoping to take the route from the Principality of Denia, and clearly promised, "The Southwest Army is only for the Falcon Kingdom on the northwest coast, and it is friendly and harmless to other regions, take the northwest coast, and the Southwest Army is willing to give up the occupied area as a reward to the Principality of Denia that has helped the Southwest Army!" Forget the reward, it's okay to be able to do it without disturbing it" Duke Denia, who has always had a strong personality, was unimpressed by the promise of the envoy of the Southwest Army, and said with a cold face, "Anyway, I, Denia, am also a member of the Northwest, and what the Southwest Commander-in-Chief did this time is really a bit excessive!"

"Your Excellency the Duke, this is a once-in-a-century opportunity for Denia!"

The envoy of the Southwest Army said unrelentingly, "Doesn't Your Excellency the Duke want to one day become the master of the entire Northwest Region? If Your Excellency helps us, Your Excellency is completely capable of helping Your Excellency to do so!"

"As for Atwood, the Commander-in-Chief is very sad, it was completely an accident" The voice of the Southwest Army's envoy with a regretful face stopped, "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has already punished the officers who mishandled that day!"

"Saddened, tens of thousands of people have been killed, and a city has been destroyed, but it is only a matter of punishment!" the Duke of Denia's face when he heard this word was as ridiculous as hearing a cat cry for a mouse

"Of course, Atwood is a seaport directly under the jurisdiction of the Empire" The envoy of the Southwest Army straightened his face very devotedly, and said with a sad face, "On December 9, our army received a report that a large-scale riot suddenly broke out in Atwood City for unknown reasons, and our local garrison thought that there would be no major problems, so that they delayed the time for the initial response, although they hurriedly sent troops to help suppress it,

It's a pity that it's still a step too late, there are too many rioters, and they are extremely rampant, not only robbing and killing, but also setting fire to the city, even the soldiers we sent have more than 100 casualties because of the riots, and in the end they still did not stop the destruction of the whole city,

But the Duke can rest assured that the Consul General has issued a strict order, as soon as all the thugs involved are discovered, they will be immediately arrested and hanged in the woods along the way, and the 4,142 people who have been captured so far ......" "Assist in suppressing the riots! is that the explanation of the Southwest Army to Atwood?" The Duke of Denia pursed the corners of his mouth disdainfully when he heard this, what 4,142 thugs, anyone with a discerning eye knows, it was the Southwest Army killing people! He looked coldly at the envoy of the Southwest Army and said" Since they were helping to suppress the riots, why did the soldiers of your army sell all kinds of property obtained from Atwood along the streets afterwards! Moreover, I have heard that the casualties of your army were entirely the result of resistance to looting the property of the citizens, and there were even more than a dozen soldiers who were killed by their own people because of the robbery and dissatisfaction!" "Rumors, these are all rumors created by those with ulterior motives about our army!" The envoy of the Southwest Army waved his fist and scolded angrily, the Duke of Denia did not want to watch him perform anymore, and sent him out of the border, and the envoy of the Southwest Army, who had made no progress, ran to the Southwest Army, and before he saw the Grand Duke of Roseend, he was blocked out of the door by three attendants with big shoulders and round waists, "I'm sorry, the Duke is unwell, and now I don't see anyone!"

Driven away the envoys of the Southwest Army, the strength of the Principality of Denia on the border has increased again, has reached 80,000 people, accounting for four-fifths of the entire military strength, and the Rosende area is even more exaggerated, not only gathering more border troops, but also ordering all the villages on the border to be relocated, making people panic, but with the Atwood Sea City tragedy in front, no one will think that this move is superfluous.

A strong fish fragrance attracted the attention of the fat man, raised his head, and met his bloodshot eyelids, which was a roasted golden pike, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, exuding the tempting taste of fragrant wine smoke, next to a bottle of "grassland drunk" transported from China, the faint aroma of wine was like grass in a winter night, so that the fat man swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty

The fat man hesitated for a moment at the tempting food on the plate, because he was too tired and stayed up all night, he fell asleep on the desk, faintly heard a slight sound of opening the door, and light footsteps like a bird, the fat man thought it was Besukaya, so he didn't care, and when he raised his head, he only saw the food on the table, and the figure was gone. Even if you might become a monarch who eats poisonous food and die, it is too hungry to destroy all the tempting food in front of you

While eating the breakfast sent by an unknown person, the fat man flipped the text in his hand, and the prelude to the war had begun, and all his thoughts were now on this life-and-death battle with Rwanaka as bait.

In this passive war, the fat man needs to consider too many things, because he needs to mobilize more than half of his troops to garrison the northern border, and the troops that can be drawn to fight can be used, that is, Statunko's 10,000 Southern Army, 5,000 Central Army, plus Salon's 10,000, with a total strength of 25,000 people, and his opponent is 100,000 well-equipped Southwest Army, with a huge disparity in strength! Even if he designs a qiē, he also needs to face this cold problem, the disadvantage in troops, and he can only choose to make up for it in the terrain.

Eventually, the fat man's gaze fell on a spot on the border between O'Acha and Bangor, the Biye Valley,

From the map, this valley is an important place connecting O'Acha and Bangor, and although it is called a valley, it is a sloping valley with high and low slopes.

The lord of Oacha built a small fortress here, named after the meadow-like green field in the spring.

I don't know why, but the fat man's first feeling when he saw the name was

"It is said that only grass stalks soaked in human blood can grow tall and strong! The blood of the 100,000 army will be lush in Biye Valley next spring!" The fat man picked up the cloth towel on the table and wiped the greasy on his mouth, "Your Majesty, the latest news has come that the Southwest Army has stopped the siege of Rwanaka!" A guard captain hurriedly pushed open the door (to be continued......