Chapter 196: Battle in the Canyon (Part II)
If the Feather Legion's fiasco taught Anson anything, it was humility and acceptance of other people's opinions - stubbornness when you can't make up your mind may not be right, and proper listening to the advice of others may lead to a way out of the predicament.
"This battle will decide the life and death of the entire Hantu City, this is not a battle for me alone, but a battle for the entire Hantu City, this war belongs to all of us. Anson said in a deep voice, "Anyone who has an idea, just say it—I will respect the opinions of all of you in the honor of the Marcherus family." ”
After saying this, the little prince looked at everyone in the tent with great anticipation, but what he saw was a dead silence - all the knights and generals looked at each other, but they were always silent, and after a moment of silence, they all lowered their heads and turned their eyes sideways, and not even one of them was willing to speak.
Edward, who was standing on the sidelines, understood them - it wasn't a strange thing, they were just scared. From the day he came to Hantu City, Anson gave them the impression that he was definitely not a "good as a stream", even in Turin City, the little prince was notoriously stubborn and stubborn.
Of course, arrogance and stubbornness are the prerogatives of royal talent, and even the king does not mean that no one dares to contradict him - not to mention that Anson is only the heir to the throne, and it is still unknown whether he can win against Barion, not to the point where they are so in awe that they dare not even refute it.
They were not in awe, but in fear - from Anson's recapitation by cutting off the heads of a dozen of Berion's generals, to the massacre in the city. Let them be tyrannical about this impulse. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Prince, who was extremely vindictive, was deeply frightened. I'm worried that if I say the wrong thing, he won't take the opportunity to retaliate.
This fear allowed Anson to gain the "loyalty" of all the armies in the entire Hantu City in the shortest possible time, but the disadvantage was that what he got was a group of echo worms who didn't even dare to speak, and they didn't dare to give a single word of advice, and the slightest setback would collapse their morale, because their loyalty was completely based on death.
Looking at their submissive appearances, the little prince, who was originally quite looking forward to it, immediately showed a somewhat angry expression on his face, and his eyes became more and more hideous: "Don't you even have one?" You are in command of the most powerful army in the entire Vast Lands, and with thousands of soldiers who believe in you and trust you, don't you even know the slightest idea, even how to fight the enemy?!"
No one dared to speak, let alone answer, and the more this happened, the more angry the little prince became—he was too eager for a victory, not only to avenge the Feather Legion, but also to make amends for the mistakes he had made in the previous battle. Regroup the morale of the Legion.
More importantly, he wanted to prove that he was stronger than Berrion - more qualified than he was to become the Duke of Henland City. Or even the ruler of an entire kingdom. So he didn't have to win this battle, but he had to win, otherwise why would his father Horace believe that he was ready to take his place?
"Lebinus, stand up!" Seeing the chief centurion standing at the back, Anson, who snorted coldly, shouted, "Tell them how you defeated the barbarians of the Blue Wolf Clan!"
"Yes!" Rebinus, who instinctively reacted, nodded abruptly and glanced behind him. Edward, who was leaning against the beam, nodded silently, and then he stepped forward.
Edward knew very well that he couldn't open his mouth at this time - from the Twin Towers Fortress to the Eagle Fall Mountain, he had been too ostentatious in this time, and if he stood up at such a time, he would be suspected of deliberately showing off. Even if Edward himself didn't care what others thought, Anson would try to avoid getting him to come forward.
The little prince trusted his squire military attaché very much, but that did not mean that he would take all the credit alone—as if all his victories were due to Edward. That result was absolutely unacceptable to Anson.
"As you said, the key to our defeat of the Blue Wolf Clan is first and foremost to figure out the enemy's weaknesses, as well as our strengths. Recinus said in a deep voice.
"And what do you say?" asked Greene Turn, "is it phalanx tactics, the construction of barracks, knights, or our crossbowmen and siege weapons?"
"There may be some of them, but that's not what I'm talking about. Even in the face of the chief lieutenant, Lybinus still replied without humility or arrogance: "What I want to say is logistics-perfect logistics is the biggest difference between us and the Blue Wolf Clan, or all the war tribes of the Han Land!"
"When any army of the Kingdom of Turin goes on an expedition, there will be two sources of replenishment for their logistics - the perimeter of the garrison, and the baggage brigade in the rear, the latter of which is often related to the true level of the combat effectiveness of the legion!"
"But the Hantu people are different, they will also carry food when they go out on the expedition, but unless the whole clan migrates, this number is definitely not very large, and most of them rely on gathering in the forest and plundering from the enemy. But even when entire families migrate, they often don't have enough food to carry with them. ”
"So every time they encounter an enemy, the war tribes of Handi are always accustomed to a quick victory, because they don't have enough food to support them to fight for a long time, and as long as it lasts a long time, there will be problems. Repinus's expression was always extremely stiff: "It was precisely by relying on one point that the Battle Banner Legion defeated the Red Horse Clan in the Twin Towers Fortress!"
"We had the whole fortress as a supplement, with support from the rear, but they didn't - in order to maintain a huge tribe of 50,000 men, the leader of the Red Horse clan, Gracchus, had to gather a large amount of food, and it took almost a month to besiege the Twin Towers. The day after the grain was burned, the clan collapsed, and many warring tribes re-swore allegiance to Hantu City due to famine. ”
"And this time the Blue Wolf Clan has a total of 300,000 people, most of them are entire migrating tribes, they must have brought a lot of livestock and food, but compared to their numbers, no amount of food is enough - more importantly, the land in the Iron Cliff Mountain Canyon is quite barren, and it is impossible for them to collect much food here, but we have no such worries, because our logistics supply depends on the farms around the southeast corner and Hantu City, which can completely allow us to hold on!"
"Therefore, no matter what means the Blue Wolf Clan intends to attack, they will do everything possible to quickly defeat our supply lines, and then completely surround Eaglefall Mountain, completely severing our connection with the rear. The chief centurion had a resolute expression: "And what we have to do is to drag this battle down until they can't bear it anymore!"
"And the key to victory lies in whether we can hold the supply line from Eagle Fall Mountain to the southeast corner, that is, the canyon trail at the northern foot of Iron Cliff Mountain!" The little prince's face showed a somewhat approving expression: "But the enemy's strength is almost six times that of us, and if we extend the battle line, they will be crushed!"
"Therefore we should not hope to defeat all the enemies at once, but should break them one by one, and drag them down until we have completely dragged them down!" said Liberus in a deep voice, "We should make the most of the advantages of the rear line, and recruit soldiers and horses and livestock from the southeast corner, and collect food and subsidies from the city of Hantu, and even from places beyond Hantu." Build camps and fortresses, dig trenches and moats to blockade and completely cut off all possibilities for the enemy to advance. ”
"Now the Battle Banner Legion has captured the Eagle Fall Mountain, holding back the vast majority of the enemy's attention and targets. The next step is to use fortress tactics to compress their lifeline - the distance between the two sides is now a full five kilometers, and we can shorten this length as much as possible, and push the wall and arrow tower all the way to their front line!" )