Chapter 501: The Calm Before the Storm
"Thanks to the two of you arriving in time, otherwise, Greenlynburg would have fallen."
After meeting with Xue Li and Angru, who had come to support, Wang Meng expressed his sincere gratitude.
Xue Li and Angru said that they were both loyal to the empire and His Majesty, and they did not need to be so polite.
After all, it was still the war, and after a few simple polite words, the three of them quickly cut to the topic.
Xue Li was the chief general of this support army, and according to him, there was actually an infantry army in the rear, with a total strength of 15,000 troops.
Their cavalry heard the explosion of Ares's attack and realized that the situation might be critical, so they rushed over with the faster cavalry troops and the steel-jawed beasts.
In this regard, Wang Meng was also lucky, if it weren't for Xue Li's quick decision, then he might really be hanging on his side.
According to the size of Greengrove, it is not difficult to accommodate another 15,000 troops.
Seeing the exhaustion of Xue Li and Angru, Wang Meng hurriedly signaled the cooking team to start lighting a fire and cooking, and at the same time ordered the soldiers beside him to help them arrange accommodation.
This time, rushing all the way from the northeast region to this side is really a trek.
After all, there was no train at all here, and after receiving the order to transfer troops, Xue Li directly drew the shortest route after summing it up, and rushed all the way over the mountains and mountains to the Green Forest Fort, which was really not easy.
The 15,000 reinforcements in the rear arrived at sunset, and Wang Meng, who had already been prepared, also successfully received this batch of troops.
The arrival of reinforcements was a reassuring thing, but this night, he was destined to not be able to sleep peacefully.
Looking at the casualty report in front of him, Wang Meng's emotions could not be calmed for a long time.
At the end of this battle, 5,869 of the infantry units of his southern garrison were killed, and 3,015 were seriously wounded to the point that they had no strength to fight again.
As for minor injuries, everyone is even more colorful.
Coupled with the continuous wars of attrition of the Nordic army before, there are currently less than 20,000 troops left on his southern border.
In addition, as an important air force, Adolf's command of a total of 1,800 Swift Eagle Knights and Giant Eagle Knights, this wave also lost 321 people in the battle with the enemy's air force.
In addition to this, sixty-seven people were seriously injured.
The same is true for everyone to hang the lottery.
With these heavy numbers, Wang Meng has always been holding back a breath of anger in his heart.
At present, the only thing to be thankful for is probably the timely arrival of reinforcements from the eastern region.
This wave of reinforcements brought the garrison of Greengrove back to almost 40,000, giving them the capital to continue to defend it.
However, Xia Qi's original plan had already been disrupted because of the enemy reinforcements that suddenly came in.
Bitter Cold Land.
At this time, the bitter cold land has entered the harsh winter, and the temperature here has dropped to a terrible level, and a cup of hot water will freeze in an instant if you put it outside.
With a yawn, the tears that come out will instantly stick the upper and lower eyelids together.
In the last few months of winter, for those who have just arrived, the temperature here is simply cold and makes people want to collapse.
Originally, according to Alken Jingo's original plan, he was going to wait for the reinforcements of Gabriel Lane Agatha from the other side to come in, and they also started together, firing at both ends of this Chinese player, and attacking at the same time.
However, a month after the onset of winter, Arken Kingo abandoned the plan.
Going out in this ghost weather, I'm afraid that I won't be directly frozen to death halfway through.
Alken Kingo and Byron Weir quickly agreed to set the time for the attack to begin the following spring, which led to a somewhat comforting winter on the northern border.
Great Xia City.
The northern border is stable, but the Great Xia City is not stable at all.
After hearing the system prompt and learning that Gabriel Rainne Agatha's reinforcements had come in, Xia Qi felt that he was going to suffer.
Now that the ominousness in my heart has really become a reality, the defenders of the southern border, who had previously defended the Green Grove Fort and achieved good results in the defensive battle, directly suffered heavy losses.
The number of casualties of the troops made people fall into silence.
"I didn't expect the enemy to have air troops." Du Ruhui was the first to speak.
"It's the Winged Man." Xia Qi spit out three words from his mouth.
There is a specific class of Gabriel Lane Agatha, and Xia Qi only knows it now.
There was no clear information in the report solemnly given to him before, after all, for him, Gabriel Rennes and Agatha of the silver rank were just a miscellaneous fish that was more in the way.
If it weren't for those golden rank rivals pestering him and making him unable to free his hands, he would have destroyed the other party a long time ago.
In the case that he can easily crush the other party, who would care about what the situation of that winged man civilization is.
This time, Xia Qi was undoubtedly solemnly pitted.
If it weren't for the sudden arrival of such a support army from the opposite side, with the intervention of the air force and the arrival of reinforcements, the defenders of the southern border would have been able to directly launch a counterattack and forcibly fight back, and it would have been impossible to fall into such a passive situation.
Xia Qi didn't say any further, according to Du Ruhui's cleverness, he naturally wouldn't ask.
After reading the battle report in his hand again, he only heard him speak again: "This enemy air force is really weird, while being able to open the shield that seems to be like a defensive wall, it can also cast buff spells on itself, and even cast powerful attack spells. ”
At the same time, the melee strength is also quite strong, and there is a winged man with six wings in the head-to-head confrontation, which makes Major General Adolf completely disadvantaged. He even unleashed an attack that was not inferior to a mid-rank spell, destroying the outer moat defense of Castle Grimm with a single blow. This blow can be said to be the main reason for the collapse of the battle after that. ”
Speaking of this, Du Ruhui's brows wrinkled directly.
According to the report, the enemy's air force can be said to be invulnerable, at least not in it so far.
Although he is a civil official, he has always been by Xia Qi's side, and over the years, he has seen countless battles of all sizes.
Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, he absolutely does not believe that there is any class without shortcomings.
Similarly, at this point, Xia Qi also thinks the same way.
I only heard Du Ruhui speak again: "According to the description later, the strength of the Swift Eagle Knight should be sufficient, and the main reason for the defeat of the air force is mainly that the strength of the Giant Eagle Knight cannot keep up." And the loss of troops is basically concentrated in the Giant Eagle Knight. ”
Hearing this, Xia Qi's cheeks couldn't help twitching a few times.
Just cultivating those six hundred Eagle Knights has already emptied Xia Qi's inventory over the years.
How can it be so easy to train all those giant eagle knights into swift eagle knights? It's a long-term plan.
didn't know what Xia Qi was thinking about Du Ruhui at this time, and he was still analyzing the situation and battle situation in front of him at this time.
"According to the current situation, we will not be able to deploy more air troops to help the southern border for the time being. However, as long as you change your style of play and focus on maneuvering, with the support of the elven priests and elven archers, you should be able to compete with the enemy's air forces. ”
"However, considering the current war situation, if you want to push south and counterattack the past according to the original plan, then this amount of troops on the southern border is probably not enough at all."
Speaking of this, Du Ruhui's voice paused slightly.
Regarding the deployment of troops in various parts of Great Xia now, where there are troops that can be mobilized, and where the troops cannot be mobilized, Du Ruhui undoubtedly knows all these things.
After a moment of silence, I only heard him say: "Your Majesty, now that there are no more troops on the southern border in a short period of time, Weichen proposes to let General Wang Meng continue to defend the Green Forest Fort first, and then transfer the reserve soldiers who have completed training in various military camps one after another. During this period, with the deterrent power of the Steel-Jawed Beast, presumably the enemy army will not dare to launch an offensive easily, and it should be able to buy enough time. ”
In this regard, Xia Qi, who couldn't think of a better way for a while, also nodded.
"Du Ruhui, the matter of dispatching troops to the southern border will be fully responsible for you, and at the same time ......"
After a short pause, Xia Qi resolutely spoke: "At the same time, issue a requisition order, and recruit another 100,000 soldiers!" ”
"Yes, Weichen is ordered!"
After watching Du Ruhui retreat, Xia Qi, who exhaled a long breath, fell his gaze to Zhang Liang on the side.
Needless to say, Zhang Liang took the initiative to speak: "Your Majesty, the defeat in the battle on the southern border and the heavy casualties of the troops are undoubtedly bad news, and once it spreads, it will definitely cause adverse effects. However, the fighting on the southern border has been suppressed outside the Green Grove and has not involved the cities in the rear, so this news can be controlled in time. ”
"Then take control."
"Weichen takes the order!"
After instructing another thing, Xia Qi flipped through the report in his hand and quickly asked, "Xia Yu, how is the grain harvest this autumn?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, as always, it is a year of great harvest, and the grain in the granaries of each city is very sufficient."
Xia Qi bowed: "Very good, remember to deliver the grain and grass supplies from the southern border and the northern border in time." Especially on the southern border, the transportation is inconvenient and mostly mountainous, so you have to start early. ”
"Weichen understands, please rest assured."
After ordering all the more important things, Xia Qi picked up the report sent from the southern border in front of his desk again.
According to the follow-up report, after the battle was fought, they had captured a few Winged Terrans alive, and just now, he had ordered the embroidered guards to interrogate.
I believe that it will not be long before there will be results.
Southern border.
The Norse troops who were temporarily evacuated, because they were afraid of the presence of the steel-jawed beasts, they directly withdrew a considerable distance.
Facing Ares, who has his own lighting all over his body, as the supreme commander of the front line of the large army under Kiel Fito, the supreme commander of the front line of the Nordic army, Byron Weir is actually still a little stressed.
However, Kir Fito and Gabrien Agatha are allies after all, and the following generals naturally have had a few encounters.
So the situation is not too embarrassing.
"Lord Ares, can't you just use the same trick you used to destroy the outer trench defense line of Greengrove to directly deal with that giant beast?"
Now, that giant beast should be their biggest trouble at the moment.
Hearing this, Ares maintained his compulsive posture and replied, "If I use the Judgment Wheel with all my might, the power will naturally be enough. But the speed of the beast's movements is too fast, and my attack may not be able to hit, so it is just a matter of consumption. ”
At this point, Ares' eyes fell on Byron Weir.
"Unless, you can find a way to keep that giant beast under control for a while."
Hearing this, Byron Weir suddenly let out an embarrassed laugh, with that size, they can control it.
I don't know if I saw Byron Weir's thoughts at this time, but I heard Ares speak again: "However, leaving aside the giant beast, if you want to defeat the enemy army, it is not impossible to do it. ”
"What's the solution? Please also ask His Excellency Ares to speak directly. ”
"I can cast the Judgment Wheel with all my might, and reduce that enemy fortress to ruins. At that time, the other party will lose its defensive advantage, and no matter how fierce the combat power of that giant beast is, it should be difficult to resist the strong attack of your and other armies in the end, right? It's just that after that blow, the rest of the battle is up to you. ”