Chapter 132: Emptiness of Troops
Barcelus knows in his heart that the current situation can be described as very delicate. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
I hoped that the Moxi Army would stop, so that it could buy time for the Macedonian army in the rear to assemble and withdraw.
But the abnormal behavior of the Moxi Army at this moment made him a little worried, after all, he only left 10,000 horses, and the other party had more than 10,000 troops but did not move, obviously fighting his own idea of the broken army.
But do you want to eat your own phalanx army? I'm afraid you have to pay some price......
In the afternoon of the same day, the Moxi Army, which had been stationed for half a day, became restless. Outside the pass, there was a great noise, and Macedonian soldiers from miles away heard the movement.
The main force of the Moxi Army assembled at the entrance of the river valley corridor in the afternoon of the same day. According to the scout's reconnaissance, the news found out is that the total strength of this Moxi army has exceeded 60,000 horses!
When such a battle report came, Barcelus was a little surprised: it seems that these guys from the Empire of Light are going to fight hard!
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The Northwest Army has indeed almost fallen out of the city!
Not only were all the 50,000 cavalry infantry corps in the pass mobilized, but even the garrison army guarding the pass in Moxi Pass also drew nearly 10,000 people to join. Except for the garrisons in the towns and cities in the Guannei and Moxi Pass, this number is almost the sum of all the troops that can be dispatched in Moxi!
Su Ya knew very well that she was about to face a Macedonian army that was almost equal to the number of troops, and it included the golden armor known as the strongest army in Macedonia, as well as the famous Macedonian god of war Baseileus!
Whether in terms of strength or generals, the Moxi army will not have much advantage over the Macedonians, and it is even faintly under the Macedonian side. After all, on the side of the Northwest Army, whether it is himself, Perry or Ronkedo, in terms of military talent, I am afraid that they are much inferior to Barcelus.
However, the news from the outside of the border brought news that the Macedonian army in the counties outside the gate had begun to assemble in an organized manner towards Sadrand County, and had plundered a large amount of supplies in half a month! This finally made her decide to send troops.
The time has come!
I've been waiting too long from a year ago to today. And for such a long time, the situation in Moxi has been like a nightmare!
Nearly a million soldiers and civilians outside the border were slaughtered by the Macedonians, their land was occupied, and their homes were burned down! The displaced people were scattered everywhere, and the flames were in the sky! The most unbearable thing for Su Ya was that she was helpless in the face of all this!!
Whether it was Heru's departure or the war of the Macedonians, it greatly shook the morale of the Moxi army, and it can even be said that the Macedonians were able to cause such a serious situation, largely because of the internal contradictions on the side of the Bright Empire.
Perry once privately analyzed Moxi's situation and explained to Su Ya that Moxi would become such an unbearable situation for three main reasons:
The first is that the Macedonians themselves have sufficient troops, and they have invested three or four legions of men and horses, and the foreign enemy is strong.
The second is the instability of the army's morale caused by Heru's resignation, which led to the chaos of the army, and the advantages of one and the other.
The third is that the troops in Moxi are insufficient, and the central government has hardly any reinforcements to join, and even if the Northwest Army is more than in chaos, it is unable to recover the county towns occupied by the Macedonians, which makes the situation more and more defeated, and the war drags on for a long time.
Of these three reasons, two of them are from within the empire, and it is worth speculating about them.
Su Ya naturally understood these things, and while the battle of Moxi made her deeply disgusted with the Imperial Military Department, it also caused her deep doubts: even if these guys wanted to use Moxi's defeat to direct the blame to themselves, but His Majesty the Emperor actually ignored the situation in the northwest?
Since the start of the war for more than a year, except for Perry's cavalry regiment and Lord Weil, who supervised the war, there has hardly been much news from the central government, whether it is a battle defeat or a small victory, all the reports have been transmitted to the military headquarters, and they have received a painless reply.
As for the reinforcements, the central government did not pull out any of the central corps to intervene, but instead transferred two corps from several provinces adjacent to Moxi, with less than 30,000 reinforcements to join. Moreover, most of them are garrison troops in some places, and the combat effectiveness of such a conventional army can be imagined.
All this put Su Ya in a predicament, and the situation in the imperial capital was probably no more complicated than Moxi. Now that he is staying at the front line to lead the troops, he does not know the news of the military headquarters and His Majesty in the palace. The only thing that can be said for sure is the current situation of Heru, at least from recent intelligence, the former governor of Moxi is still on trial in the imperial capital. Thinking about it, whether it is the military department or His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that they will not dare to do anything to him rashly.
The biggest problem at hand is the war against the Macedonians!
Su Ya had already received accurate information, although the commander of this Macedonian army was Barcelus, but in fact he was not the only commander in the army, and in addition to him, there was another Macedonian general of no lower rank who commanded the army.
At the beginning of the war, Barcelus's golden armor did not show much power. Even in the big battle between himself and the Macedonian team, he was only assisted by a few regular Macedonian legions, and he did not see the Golden Armor intervene. But judging from the war arrangement and strategic deployment, this unknown Macedonian general is probably also a powerful guy.
A few months after the start of the war, the exact news came that this guy who commanded the Macedonian army with Barcelus was none other than the third prince of the Macedonian royal family!
This news made Su Ya a little surprised, but the subsequent situation made her realize the difficulty of this war, no matter what those guys in the imperial capital thought, the land of Moxi must not be lost in their own hands!
And there's never been a better time!
When the 10,000 cavalry led by Perry and Ronktor pursued them to the corridor of the river valley, they were unexpectedly met with a Macedonian blockade, and this force, which was no more than 10,000 people, was fighting the golden banner of golden armor!
They were very clever not to attack rashly, and after a trial to determine that this army was indeed the men and horses of the Eighth Legion! Although they didn't know why there were only 10,000 horses, Perry and Ronktor were very sure that this army was only 10,000 people! Although this meant that Barcelus might be among them, this news still made Su Ya's heart suddenly move!
As the main army in eastern Macedonia, the number of standing troops in the Golden Armor is also more than 20,000 all year round, and with some reserve soldiers, the total number can reach 30,000. In this Moxi Campaign, Baseiles led the main force of the Eighth Army Corps, and there were more than 20,000 troops at Moxi Pass. And the army in front of you is only 10,000 people!
In other words, the Macedonian army that blocked the 60,000-strong army of Moxi was only 10,000 people! Golden armor, this Macedonian Eighth Army has never been so empty as it is now......
Su Ya's heart suddenly moved! Her eyes were unabashedly full of eagerness!!(To be continued.) )