Soon, faster than William had imagined, news of the defeat of their frontier legions by the Hereford army reached Ankara, yes, Ankara, the most important city in Anatolia, the treasured land of the Dark Elves. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In order to prepare for war in the East, Fatima temporarily moved her government and seat here. This is an important city and transportation hub that is closer to the front line.

And here, of course, it has become a wartime companion capital.

"It's scary. ”

After getting these news, the female Sudan was even a little disheartened for a while.

Although she has overestimated William's ability and strength. But when it came time to actually play against William, she still felt that her prediction was not exactly in line with reality.

William was even more powerful than she had imagined, and even said, much more powerful.

"That's exactly what happened. She thought to herself.

Lay siege to Tabriz, draw Zoroastrian troops loyal to Tabriz to the rescue, and then wipe out all of these reinforcements as quickly as possible. In one fell swoop, he emptied all the mobile forces of the Zoroastrian Empire and Darius III. Then, when he felt that it was completely impossible for his side, he led the main force to attack our Frontier Legion, and wiped out all the troops of the Frontier Legion in a single battle.

Such terrible combat effectiveness, such terrible insight, such terrible strategic vision and tactical means. It is completely worthy of the name of the strongest in the Hereford family and the best general in the world.

It's like what the vast majority of dark elves think in their hearts, can they really defeat such a powerful enemy?

Originally, it was thought to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but now it seems that it will become the fuse for the Ottoman Empire to turn from prosperity to decline, and finally degenerate, collapse and collapse?

No one can say these things clearly. Even the female Sudan Fatima is the same.

Because William has created too many miracles, even the most confident and arrogant dark elves will definitely take caution to heart when facing William.

In particular, it now seems that the situation is likely to develop in a bad way.

But at the same time, Fatima also knew that it was difficult to retreat.

Because of the defeat in the previous war to invade Ruthenia, her authority as a sutan has declined considerably. If it weren't for her she's so dominant, maybe the opposition would have succeeded in a coup d'état, she would have been killed, or she might have been the toy of some dark elf nobleman - this was not the life she wanted. In every sense of the word.

However, if we lose this time, we will be one step closer to that possibility—one step, not one step, but many steps.

She gathered all of her country's elite troops and launched an almost desperate attack on the Hereford family. This war is all about success or failure. If she failed, she couldn't imagine what would happen next.

However, as a competent sultan, she knew that it was necessary and necessary - when the Herefords, the Russian-Gothic Empire controlled the whole of the Uzbek Khanate, and the whole of Zoroaster, then they had an optimal base for advancement, and at the same time, strategically, they would encircle the Ottoman Empire on both sides.

From Mesopotamia, to the Caucasus Mountains, from the Black Sea to the Crimean Peninsula. They can attack the Empire from any land.

If the situation really developed to that extent, then Fatima knew that the decline and even the end of the Ottoman Empire was close at hand.

Just thinking about that situation, Sudan, a Fatimid woman, shuddered.

O king of the dead country. This can be said to be the harshest punishment in the world for Fatima, who wants to make a difference and leave her name in history.

She didn't want this to happen anyway, no matter what.

Therefore, no matter how scared she is, even if she is reluctant, she has to start this war hard. This war is not for anything else, precisely to prevent this worst-case scenario.

That's it. In the case that the three directions of the north, the west, and the east cannot be developed, the development of the green continent in the south is actually not very smooth.

Yes, the scum of the South, whether it is the Orcs of Mali or Songhai, or the Human Empire of Abynesia in the South, are actually very weak countries. In the southern battles against Abynesia, even the weakest legionary units, unreformed and reformed, could easily crush an enemy several times or even ten times as many.

Because these guys don't even know much about the smelting of copper, let alone the luxury of armor, as for artillery, gunpowder weapons, where they can be treated as gods. So, it's very, very easy to conquer these guys. With a little use of the army, you can succeed. What really didn't succeed was the extent of their organization and the extent of these territories -

Needless to say, the green-skinned orcs are even a few pure barbarians who don't even know how to smelt metal. So the development of these territories is terrible.

In fact, Abenicia and Nubia are the same. These places are extremely backward and have a level of development close to zero. At the same time, there was little reclaimed land, no mines, and no cities. To say that there is nothing, in fact, cannot be said to be incorrect.

The only exception is Somaliland, which was a well-developed Briton colony hundreds of years ago and an important port city. If it can be captured, it will definitely add a huge impetus to the empire.

It's just a pity that it's in the pockets of the Britons. Now the Ottoman Empire is fully focused on a showdown with the Herefords, the Russian-Gothic Empire. In any case, they did not want to provoke such a powerful enemy as the Kingdom of Briton in this situation.

If things do turn out like that, then there is a good chance that something very helpless will happen, and that is that the empire will really be ruined.

However, if you don't annex Somaliland, you will gain very bad territory by attacking Abinisia alone. Whether it is the degree of development, or the amount of resources, or the living standards and production capacity of the people, the huge kingdom of Abynesia cannot even compare with a province of the Ottoman Empire.

In this case, it is not impossible to march south, but it is more than worth the loss.

"So, I can only bite the bullet. Thinking of this, the Fatimid woman Sudan came to a conclusion. In any case, the war with the Hereford family, with William von Hereford and his expeditionary force, will be fought. If this war is not won, then there will be no future for the Empire.

So, in any case, this war must be fought. He was now fighting for the future of the Empire, and in any case, the reason for war was the most exalted.

The dark elves, the entire Ottoman Empire is mobilizing, all the warriors are beginning to assemble, and then march towards the eastern border. After realizing William's terribleness, the Fatimid woman Sudan had given up the tactics of 100,000, 100,000. Because in that case, she was sure that William would still be able to seize the opportunity and break it individually.

So she had to gather all her forces. Form an army of 200,000, that is, an army that is unique in this world. In order to fight William.

"Of course, any idea of going into battle, fighting the enemy, before the forces are assembled, is stupid and undesirable. So, maybe in the early days of the war, we'll lose a lot of things. She thought to herself.

And then, in the process of gathering troops and troops in the Ottoman Empire, things did turn out as she thought. The situation is developing quite unfavorably for the Dark Elves. William's light cavalry and guerrilla troops, after crushing the border army, are now within the range of William's light cavalry, with Ankara as the dividing line.

In addition to this, there are two other pieces of news that are troubling.

That is, the Russian-Gothic Empire to the north of them sent troops. William's father, Prince Otto, immediately mobilized as quickly as he could after receiving news from William. In the shortest possible time, reinforcements from two steppe legions were rushing towards him along the route of William's expedition. In addition to this, two Janissary regiments, as well as an assault group of three Cossack cavalry brigades, were advancing in the direction of the Caucasus Mountains. The other two Janissary Corps and six Cossack cavalry brigades gradually approached the Crimean Peninsula.

If the situation continues to deteriorate like this, it is only a matter of time before the Ottoman Empire loses these two areas.

"The other side is putting pressure on us. However, I must not send reinforcements in either direction. ”

The female Sudan Fatima had a clear account in her heart. Even if the Caucasus Mountains are lost, even if the Crimean Peninsula is lost, it will only be a harmless scratch of the surface for the Empire.

Even the devastation caused by William's rangers in the heart of Anatolia can be completely ignored.

What really mattered was the defeat of William's army. As long as they can defeat William's army, and then annex all of Zoroaster. Then the previous losses are negligible.

Thinking of this, Fatima's determination was strengthened again.

War, just as William is looking forward to seeing her again, in fact, Fatima is also looking forward to seeing William again, a shame.

As soon as she thought of this, there was a strange burning sensation faintly from her lower body, which made her moan.

"Wilhelm von Hereford. She murmured the name as if she wanted to name its owner.