579.Chapter 579
That's it, it's clear that Nadir Shah has been bewitched by those dark elves. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info: The dark elves must have told William about the situation he was facing. The most powerful army of the Dark Elves, numbering three hundred thousand, was closing in on him. In addition to this, the Dark Elves must have promised a series of empty promises, such as supporting Nadir Shah as the Shah of the Zoroastrian Empire.
In any case, the ambitious tribal leader has now made his choice. He didn't really fall for the Dark Elves. Of course, he would not be allied with William again. When the two behemoths, the mighty empires of the desolate beasts at a glance, stared at each other and were ready to fight. As a dexterous scavenger, Nader Shah saw an opportunity.
He just obeys his own desires, and at the same time only thinks of his own interests in his heart. That's all.
"Ahh That's going to be a problem. I really didn't expect those guys to have this trick. With that, William chuckled and shook his head.
Nadir Shah, as well as the affairs of the Afshar tribe, were transmitted to him as quickly as possible through the Cheka agents.
Although he was slightly surprised by the floor heating, he was not unacceptable, not unacceptable to Nadir Shah's betrayal. Anyway, he didn't trust this guy from the very beginning. Even if this guy betrayed, William didn't think it would happen.
This Shah played wishful thinking, and William knew it very well. At least, this guy won't do anything until he's split the battle with the dark elves of the Ottoman Empire.
He would be clever and self-righteous to stay in a quiet and safe place, expand his army, wait for both sides to be exhausted, he would reappear, and then wipe out everyone, all enemies, all realms and riches.
That's it.
"Keep an eye on that guy, but exercise restraint and don't get into a conflict with him unless the guy makes the first move. In this way, William ordered Freya and gave her the name to assemble the same army that was now scattered in the heart of the Zoroastrian Empire. Then keep an eye on Nader Shah.
"Of course, if that guy wants to fight with us, don't hesitate, you must hit him hard, and he will understand the strength and dignity of the empire. At the end, William told her again.
"That's exactly what I want to hear. Freya was very satisfied with the task given to her by William. She soon went to the heart of the Zoroastrian Empire with a regiment of Janissaries and a temporary cavalry division consisting of two cavalry regiments and two Cossack cavalry regiments.
This is exactly what William expects of her, that is, to be able to sustain a war alone. As the commander of a partial division, not a large army, the commander of his subordinates. And in the previous wars, Freya also proved herself. She can do this well and put William at ease.
That's it.
The Imperial Army is still actively preparing for war. Waiting for the news of the fall of Tabriz. But after that, another surprising piece of news came.
That's the other side - yes, the other side, the dark elves have done another pretty great diplomatic achievement.
They allied themselves with the Zoroastrian Empire.
The ambitious Sultan Fatima married one of her sisters to the same Darius III, and the two became married. On this basis. There was a complete truce between the Zoroastrian Empire and the Ottoman Empire of the Dark Elves.
They issued a statement that they would deal with the war together. At the same time, as a dowry, the Zoroastrian Empire was to give the province of Azerbaijan to the Ottoman Empire. The two sides will delineate new territories and territorial plans. At the same time, a military alliance will be formed to deal with the greatest enemy in the region, the evil invader who has brought chaos, disaster and death, Wilhelm von Hereford.
"I really can't imagine that there is such a trick. William couldn't help but sigh -
originally thought that the Zoroastrian Empire in the middle of the cracks was finished, but he did not expect that he would choose to ally with the Ottoman Empire.
I also didn't expect that the dark elves, who had 300,000 of the most elite army in their hands, were not willing to waste even a single soldier, seeing that they had coveted the port of Abadan, the province of Azerbaijan and the rich Tabriz, they only chose to take the most useless piece of Azerbaijan.
But when you think about it, it seems that this result is not unreasonable.
While an alliance with the Dark Elves is akin to a tiger's skin, it is at least much better than total annihilation, ceding part of the territory, forming a marriage and then forming a military alliance is much better than getting nothing at all.
It is surprising that the other party will make this choice, but it is not difficult to accept.
Only in this way, the two armies will form an alliance, and the number of their troops will swell to four hundred and fifty thousand. In large areas of the Zoroastrian Empire, the satraps who had been half-hearted will also renew their allegiance to Tabriz in the shortest possible time.
Even Nadir Shah, who was ready to wait and see, was likely to join the alliance.
In the end, the army William would face was likely to be half a million, six hundred thousand, or even more.
The number of these armies could even reach twice as large as his army.
An alliance formed by two of the strongest countries in the region. Whether it is the number, quality, or resources of the army, I am afraid that it will exceed his army of 300,000.
To make matters worse, after such news reached the army, the morale of the new annexes who had just joined William would definitely drop as a result. Even more serious, escape, and even betrayal. None of this is impossible.
"What a good move, that guy. "William was a little bit of- no, I should say very, very excited.
Although most of them are scum, although the vast majority are of little use. But in any case, that's half a million troops! Fighting such a huge army, it feels different. Feeling excited, William hadn't found this feeling of excitement for a long time.
For a long time, his attacks were victories, victories, and victories. Almost all of its enemies were destroyed in front of it, or they surrendered. Even in the battle with His Majesty the Emperor, Kalman IV, he did not find that kind of joy-
Arguably, the last time William felt that almost addictive pleasure on the battlefield was when he was involved in the Second Great Frontier War.
When the armies he racked his brains to pull up—the crusaders, the knights, the dukes, the nobles—all collapsed on the battlefield. When even the army of dark elves couldn't stop the centaurs on the steppe, he was alone.
Only a handful of troops trapped like beasts, guarding a fortress, facing hundreds of thousands, or even more, of enemies. Those savage centaurs and nomads.
At that time, William felt the supreme joy of war.
His first war...... Speaking of which, it's been a long time since then, and it's like a dream. William was even worried that he might never find this feeling again in the future......
But-
Yes, but. Finally, finally, finally. Finally on this land, the feeling of blood boiling is back. The feeling of hanging by a thread, the feeling of feeling the stormy waves on the battlefield is finally back!
War, war, war, war, war. It is only in this case that it is pleasant to fight against an army that is desperately large, yes, that's it!William cried out excitedly at the thought of this-
"Okay, good, they didn't start a campaign as I thought. They were allied - their total strength was as high as 500,000, or even 600,000. In that case, let us not be idle! Let's move forward! Let's attack, take the initiative!" William stood up abruptly in the tent of the military council, and then said excitedly: "Tabriz has once again become a strategic priority. In that case, let's attack Tabriz!
Command the whole army. We are going to march as fast as we can to attack the city! I demand that in two days all the strongholds, towns and villages around the city be swept away. On the third day, I asked the army to make all preparations for the siege. On the fifth day, I'm going to make Tabriz react and regret all the decisions they made!"
“...... Do you want to destroy the city?Great Khan?!" At William's side, the leader of a steppe tribe who has been getting more and more brain-crippled in recent times asked, "Do you want them to regret coming into this world?
"Hahahahaha......" William laughed happily, "yes, that's right! I'll do it someday - but definitely not now! Anyway, let's get moving, and then we're going to face a siege." ”
That's it, almost all of them mobilized at the first time, on William's orders. In a short period of time, before people could react to what was going on, they were infected by William's words and actions. On the steppe, there is nothing more honorable than following a ruler who is passionate about conquering and killing.
In this case, all of them forget for a moment about their differences, about the number of enemies, about the unfavorable situation in which they are located. With the shouts and the urging of the whip, they prepared as fast as they could, and then moved as fast as they could.
As William had said, they were about to face a siege.