Dipu felt like he was working hard, no, and now the situation has changed again. General Anton again gave the order that Dip should immediately send his troops to a small town called Colmar within three days, and to defend it for ten days at all costs. Besides...... There was nothing left.

This order came from a clueless, because there was too little information, and it was impossible to analyze one, two, three, so it could only be blindly executed first. Dipu did not know that at this time, General Anton's troops were already in a state of complete euphoria.

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After successfully securing space for himself, General Anton once again divided his troops into two ways. One was led by another veteran of the Empire, General Gore. General Gore is one of the few generals in the Verona Empire who has climbed up from the bottom. His talent is not outstanding, but he is quite stable. And the strength of this mobile force reached 200,000. By the way, Heideberg is also in this mobile unit.

The target of General Gore's mobile force is Lion's Tooth City. I want to make a gesture of rescue, and I want to confuse the eyes of the demons again.

The main force of the Northern Army led by General Anton himself, although the strength was only more than 100,000, almost all the elite were concentrated in this army. And this army concentrated all the magic crystal cannons, bed crossbows, and catapults...... , the power of its long-range firepower can be described as outrageous.

At this time, the generals in the army finally knew the goal of this time, and unexpectedly, the vast majority of them raised objections. It's not that they're afraid of danger, they're opposed to the mission itself. If it is to rescue Lion's Tooth City, or to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the demons, even if it is to die in battle, these soldiers are willing. But for the sake of some grain and grass piled up outside the Selei Fortress, it is always unacceptable to use the precious main force of the Northern Army to take risks.

Therefore, whether or not you can accurately judge the importance of the target is indeed a test of a general's vision. But on the other hand, although General Anton's judgment was accurate, he was only a guess...... On the one hand, General Anton insisted on his original decision, and on the other hand, he made a pacification compromise - if he encountered an important target of the demons along the way, he was allowed to engage in battle without hindering the mission.

In order to unify the mind, General Anton summoned commanders of all levels and made a speech. He said that the situation of the war was much more dangerous than they knew: "If the Red Lion Principality perished, but kept the Northern Army intact, wouldn't it be a shame? Destroying the supplies and delaying the offensive of the demons, there is a miracle in this world! Who dares to say that there is no chance to save the situation?"

And General Anton's firm and resolute determination won a loud cheer in the sky.

The morale problem was temporarily resolved. On 1 September, the main forces began to accelerate their northward advance. Not long after the march, he unexpectedly encountered a demon army.

Due to the presence of air forces, the actions of large forces cannot be completely concealed. And that demon army of 10,000 people was the one that was taken away by Hammit, and at this time, Marshal Joset was already anxious, and with the attitude of rushing to the hospital when he was sick, he didn't care about investigating why this army left the Selei Fortress, and let them attack the nearest first, hoping to delay the pace of the human alliance.

Anyway, no matter how much the grassland barbarians lose, the demons won't feel distressed. So this army must have gone to attack the main force of General Anton. It should be said that the last time General Anton transferred the tiger from the mountain, it had no effect at all. Because he didn't know that the demons had reached an agreement with the steppe barbarians, and the lion's tooth city was already owned by the steppe barbarians. I have to sigh that the excitement of war is actually in such mistakes in and out.

On the afternoon of September 2, the battle began.

It should be said that the contrast in strength between the two sides is quite large, and the focus is on the duration of the battle.

The demons are not conservative. They adopted the tactics of retreating at the first blow and repeatedly harassing them, hoping to entangle the footsteps of the main force. This is also the most correct tactic at the moment. However, this is not difficult for General Anton at all. After a few confrontations, the demons fell into the trap of General Anton, and after losing thousands of people, they were completely disabled. And this time the operation was quite crisp. There are no three hourglass times before and after. In the art of commanding, General Anton was indeed first-class.

This time, however, the victory was not as glorious as it seemed. I don't know if it's luck, the second charge of the demon clan happened to hit the baggage team of the main force. Nearly ten of the magic crystal cannons were damaged at once, and a third of the bed crossbows and catapults were also destroyed. In particular, the carriages of the baggage brigade were burned down in large numbers, and the supplies carried by the main force were lost to half at once. And in such a battle with enemies on all sides, the supplies cannot be replenished at all, so the extent of this loss is much more serious than the apparent figures.

It was because of this that General Anton gave that order to Dipu. At this time, he already knew that General von Bourn had been killed, the Knights of the Thorn Flower had been defeated, and the troops covering the rear had fallen into a heavy siege, and the prospects were not good. That's why Tipu was allowed to occupy and hold Colmar City and establish a support point for his own back. After all, this is not a battle with no return, and if the main forces of the Northern Army can be successfully withdrawn to the Guana River after the destruction of supplies, it will be a real victory.

And the sudden encounter with this demon army also made General Anton feel that the situation was very bad. Obviously, his plan to divert the tiger from the mountain has failed, and the demons have already discovered their own combat direction. Although there is no other way but to move on, the difficulty of future battles will definitely increase dramatically. Therefore, the order to Dipu is nothing more than a remedy.

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Not to mention the troops of General Tipu and General Anton. Let's start with General Gore's mobile forces. In the early morning of September 2, the mobile force approached the city of Lion's Tooth and encountered the steppe barbarians who had hurried out of the city to meet the enemy. In order to make a real show, the mobile unit immediately entered the decisive battle.

Contrary to General Anton's guess, Marshal Joset was in a dilemma at this time. Will they besiege the mobile forces on this side of Lion's Tooth City, or will they go to the rescue of the Thunder Fortress?

In the end, Marshal Joset chose the side of the mobile forces. I have to say that the previous stroke made Marshal Joset have some psychological shadows. He was afraid of being tricked again. In that case, let's make the easiest choice! Go and besiege the outnumbered force. And such a choice is actually reasonable to a certain extent! )