Chapter 106: The Purpose of the Campaign
As Shure's forces retreated, Moore was completely relieved.
He knows very well that Shure's departure, today's tentative attack of the other party is estimated to have come to an end.
Although he repelled the enemy's attack, Mohr's mood was not at all better.
The several camps that were originally impregnable in his imagination were almost breached by someone today in just a tentative attack by the other side.
Although there was a reason for the knight's rebellion, it didn't make him feel at ease anyway.
You know, according to the plan, Moore is ready to rely on these camps and fight the enemy until the end of this winter.
As far as the Overwatch League behaved on the first day, let alone this winter, Moore doubted that if Walter still attacked with all his might, it would be a huge question whether these camps could hold out for a week.
However, at the moment, Moore did not have time to think about these issues, and everything would have to wait for the future combat meeting.
Paul has not heard from him for a long time, presumably because the enemy forces within him have not yet been resolved.
This waste.
Moore scolded secretly, such a little enemy army, given to the other party for so long, there is no way to solve it, the western camp will definitely be guarded by different people, and he must not be allowed to command it anymore.
On the other side of the battlefield, Walter, who received the news, also transferred his cavalry back, wanting to eat Claire's elite cavalry.
Claire's response wasn't bad, though.
Although they were ready to attack Walter's Chinese army, they did not choose to compete with well-formed infantry phalanxes, but were somewhat similar to the tactics of the rangers, harassing the opponent with cavalry from a distance.
The cavalry brought out by Claire is itself an elite, and in addition to superb riding skills, basic archery skills are not weak.
After changing the way of fighting, even a simple harassment of cavalry and archery brought a certain amount of pressure to the infantry phalanx of Walter's army.
This situation did not change until Claire saw Walter's cavalry in action.
Seeing that the opposing cavalry made a huge arc from afar, wanting to surround him and his troops, Claire didn't say a word, and ran away decisively with his troops.
Just kidding, no matter how elite the cavalry he brought out, after all, the number is limited, and in the face of an enemy ten times or dozens of times, how can he really defeat the other party with one thousand.
Once entangled by the enemy's cavalry, then the final result can be imagined.
Fortunately, Walter was not very interested in Claire, and after seeing the annoying fly that drove Claire away, he did not have any more extra instructions, but Mingjin withdrew his troops.
Today's tentative attack, the goal he wanted to achieve has been achieved.
On the surface, the army of the Overwatch Alliance has set up a strong camp here to wait for work, which has a certain advantage. However, in fact, due to the separation of several camps from each other, and the level of commanders in each camp, this line of defense is still quite flawed.
In Walter's view, there are plenty of opportunities.
Of course, the most important thing is that through the temptation, he has understood that almost all the main forces of the Overwatch Alliance are here, so the victory or defeat of this frontal battlefield is not too critical for him.
Back at the camp, Walter listened to his men's report on today's battle damage, and his expression was relaxed.
In his opinion, today's battle losses of nearly 2,000 seemed like a trivial matter like eating and drinking.
However, his understatement does not mean that all his subordinates think so, and many nobles expressed their dissatisfaction with Mingjin's withdrawal of troops so early today.
In particular, after they learned that the western camp had been invaded for a time, but Walter had not sent reinforcements for a long time, it caused a lot of controversy among them.
As he spoke, many of the barons' words became unpleasant.
What Walter deliberately released water, what Walter just wanted to consume everyone's strength, and so on.
Of course, there were many barons who agreed with Walter's arrangement, and the two sides quarreled, and Walter sat in his chair with one hand on his chin and the other gently tapping on the arm of the chair, as if the object of discussion was not him at all.
When the barons were red-faced and saw that there was another righteous "debate", Walter coughed lightly twice and spoke softly.
"Enough!"
Walter slowly stood up, his eyes swept over the people present, especially a few more glances at the barons who had the most yin and yang towards him just now, and saw that those barons were a little numb in their scalps, and hurriedly lowered their heads.
"I know you all have your own ideas about today's battle, but since I'm the commander, it's good that you just follow orders.
As to why I have such an arrangement, I need not explain it to you, and the only one who deserves my explanation is the Earl.
Of course, I'm not unkind, and I happen to be in a good mood today, so I'll make an exception to answer a few of your questions.
But before that, I have a few questions for you, and after you have thought of the answers, you can come to me if you still have questions. ”
Walter's voice was not loud, but there was an indescribable majesty, and seeing that everyone was staring at him, Walter smiled and continued.
"First question, what is the purpose of our fight this time?"
"What else can there be, naturally it is to recover the territory." There was a baron muttering.
Walter ignored it and continued.
"The second question, why are we fighting here with the enemy?"
"People have blocked the road, can you still not fight?" The baron, who had spoken earlier, had a contempt in his tone.
"The third question is, after we have defeated one of the enemy's camps, what should we do next, should we send people to garrison it, or should we burn that camp."
"Of course! Forehead... No, burned... Not right either. The trouble-provoking baron took it for granted, but quickly realized that something was wrong and quickly changed his words.
"Alright." Walter didn't even look at the man, waved his hand slightly, and sat down again. "I've figured out these three questions, and I think there are still people who don't understand who can come to me at any time."
Seeing that he was ignored, the baron's face turned blue and red, and he secretly clenched his fists, but he didn't dare to speak, and at this minute, he was also thinking carefully about the three questions in Walter's mouth.
"The enemy is here to capture the territory in the middle reaches of the Tiling River, and we have achieved our goal by dragging the opponent's main force, and all other ideas are superfluous, understand?"
Moore rarely accentuated his tone at the battle meeting, staring at Claire and Paul with unkind eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I repeat in conclusion, we, we don't need to, destroy the enemy, we just need to hold off the enemy. If any baron thinks that he wants to make a meritorious service in battle, and that he has a large number of troops under his command, he can tell me, and I will arrange for you to fight, and don't give me a clever idea one by one.
Behind the army, there is not only your territory, but also other people's territory, and you can't afford this responsibility. ”