Section 185 Another War (I)
Lizzie didn't completely lie to Ciri, because she couldn't know Solomon's true whereabouts, and Solomon did arrive near Modo.
After the dragon attacked the sunwell, Solomon knew that the overall situation had been decided, the two strongest of the enemy had been subdued by himself, and with the destruction of the sunwell by Maxim and Grace, the wood elves must be full of suspicion, panic, and loss of fighting spirit;
Solomon turned his gaze to another battlefield, Mordo.
The reason why he came in person this time was to end the two wars as much as possible.
Although Titania had already launched a war against the city-state alliance at this time, it also claimed to crusade against the Western Beast Alliance. But Solomon wasn't sure if Titania would do what he wanted.
Among the two, if Titania takes a quick decision, it may be able to win the city-state alliance smoothly, after all, the cities controlled by this commercial alliance do not have legendary powerhouses, nor do they have particularly powerful legions, and their special status has always been to act as a buffer zone between several countries, and form a certain influence on nearby countries with their developed commerce.
But for the Western Beast Alliance, it is not so easy for Titania to succeed, although Ulf of the Srek tribe does not seem to have recovered from his injuries, but Tygo's Ostos is still there, and the Srek tribe also has more than two priests of the power clan, and the most troublesome thing is that the orcs are originally a nomadic tribe, and they are even more familiar with the beast plain.
Solomon planned a war against the Wood Elves and against Modo, while the Titani was waging war. It forms a mutual check with the Church of Light, the Saxons, and the Kingdom of Aurora. As long as it doesn't exceed the floor. Both sides will only leave Asturias to their side for the time being.
However, Titania did not go well when dealing with the Western Beast Alliance, and when it turned into a longer battle, it was found that Asturias took the opportunity to start a war, and the war against the Wood Elves may not be enough to temporarily stop the dispute between Titania and the Church of Light, but Modo may not.
The war against Modo will definitely be a little beyond the tolerance limit of others, because Modo is a human country in the end, and Titania is willing to keep this country all the time, and if there is a zài in this country, it will make Asturias have to consider the border on the other side.
Therefore. Whether it is against the wood elves or against Modo, it is necessary to fight quickly, especially Modo, which must be taken down before Titania reacts strongly, and the wood is already in the boat, so that others can only pinch their noses and admit it.
It is not difficult to defeat Modo, or even to destroy the country.
Modo is only a small country, and the main forces in the country are the three major legions, among which the White Feather Legion has been seen many years ago, and the other two legions are the Gongwei Royal Kingdom Guards and the Poseidon Legion, and the legendary powerhouses who protect Modo are the Star Sword Saint Primoros and the chief archmage of the palace Suasola. However, according to Solomon's information, if the captain of the Poseidon Legion is willing to go ashore. It can also be regarded as a legendary combat force.
By the time the Orcs attacked the Green Forest, Asturias had already confronted Mordo's army on the frontier of Mordor.
It was Perseus that led the troops in Asturias this time, but Benedict of the Bourbon family and Manfred of the Medici family also quietly appeared on the battlefield, which put great pressure on Modo, and in just two days, the court archmage Suasola and the sword saint Primros also rushed near the border.
As for the legions, in addition to the White Feather Legion, Modo's Guards have also sent at least half of them to the border, and they have also mobilized some garrisons in the country to rush to support.
Modo did not expect to defeat Asturias once the war broke out, whether it was from the strong or from the army, Modo was far inferior to Asturias, even if the sword saint Primoros was very powerful, and Suassola and the three strong men who could contain Asturias, but as long as Asturian reinforced again, it was still a defeat.
Therefore, Modo just wants to delay as much time as possible, and can strive for outside interference, whether it is the Church of Light, Saxon, Titania, or Aurora, they will not want Modo to be annexed by Asturia Shun Lì.
On the border line, the two sides have been facing each other for many days, but there is no real fighting, but the small reconnaissance troops of the two sides have already fought a little against the high-level powerhouses and legendary powerhouses.
Manfred and Beck Dinet have successively fought with the Astral Sword Saint, and both took the initiative to retreat, although the Bourbon family and the Medici family came by order, but it is not so easy for them to do their best completely, unless the war has seen the hope of victory, this is only the trial stage, how can the two of them fight with Primrose to the death, and the name of the Star Sword Saint is worthy of its name, and it was once as famous as the Iron Lord.
The real action was more intense, but the two sides led the reconnaissance team to meet, the troops who were in close contact with each other and the high-level powerhouses who led the team, although there were a lot of people on Asturias's side, but since Primroth was willing to contribute this time, his disciples naturally also took action.
As a result, a confrontation between the two armies was formed, that is, no general offensive was launched, but small-scale battles and conflicts were constantly formed.
Modo couldn't wait for such a situation, because they preferred to wait for outside interference.
As for Asturias' delay in launching a major attack, it was because of Solomon's orders.
It wasn't until Solomon arrived from the Green Forest that he began to change.
The Asturian army on the border finally began to move, and the infantry regiments armed with muskets launched a massive assault on the Modo camp, while the legendary powerhouses of both sides were also in the air.
In the aerial battle, but the power of the Astral Juggernaut is superior to the enemy legend, and Benedict and Manfred are not willing to fight Primrose to the death, and the two enemies are the upper hand, giving Suasola of Demodo a chance to free up his hands to help the battle below with magic.
From the very beginning, the war on the ground was dominated by Asturias, which came from the muskets.
The mass production of muskets qualified the second-tier armies of Asturias to go to the main battlefield, although they were weaker in close combat. But within musket range. Their lethality is staggering. As a result, Asturias' actual combat power has increased greatly, and the number of troops is much more abundant than in the past.
There are three troops ordered to attack Modo this time, except for the Mingdi army under the command of Perseus, which is one of the six major armies of the original kingdom, the other two troops are formed in imitation of the new musket unit created by Solomon that year, with divisions as units, there are already nine such troops in Asturia, the first is the division created by Solomon himself, known as the hero division. The other eight units were called the New 1st Division to the New 8th Division.
Joining Perseus were the New 6th and 8th Divisions, which charged in groups from flanks with muskets, while Perseus himself led the heavy cavalry and hoplites of Mingdi's army to advance slowly from the middle.
Originally, Perseus's plan was to attack with the new 6th and 8th divisions first, and under the suppressive fire of the two musketeer divisions, the enemy's long-range troops would definitely not be able to fight, and only the mages or charging troops would rush to the musketeers, at which time the central Mingdi army would break through from the middle to block the enemy and completely defeat Modo's army.
But what was not expected was that the war was completely one-sided, under the firing of the musket units in a line. The enemy was almost powerless to fight back, and even the White Feather Legion did launch a melee charge. Attempts to rely on their enchanted special armor for a charge in melee combat, but still failed.
The White Feather Legion once waged war against the Free City, the main force of this legion, their armor has an enchantment effect, which is comparable to the defensive power of heavy armor, and due to the addition of wind magic effects, the weight is reduced on the maximum range, so the speed is faster than ordinary infantry, and if they further activate the enchantment effect when charging, a small wind barrier will be generated around the body, which can protect against long-range shots, this is an extremely restrained force against archers.
When the Free City fought against them, if it were not for the advantage of defending the city, the archers would have been natural enemies in the field.
However, such troops could not withstand the fire of the musket troops, and although their heavy armor and wind enchantment effects could neutralize the attacks of ranged troops on a large distance, the Asturian troops they encountered this time were different from the others.
In previous wars, the most common type of ordinary arms was infantry, and the most expensive was cavalry, but archers, especially good archers, were not cheap to train and quite time-consuming.
The enemies that the White Feather Legion has encountered before, if it is a long-range attack, they are most afraid of mages, under the attack of magic, especially under the area attack magic of high-level mages, even enchanted armor cannot completely protect them, but if it is an archer, the White Feather Legion can almost restrain the opponent in turn, because the number of archers is not too much.
But the new sixth division and the new eighth division they encountered this time were all long-range attacks, and they adopted multi-stage shooting tactics, although the White Feather Legion had enchanted armor, but the protection ability also had a limit, once it exceeded the limit of their protection, they would also suffer heavy casualties.
Now this is the case, under the fire of the two divisions, the charge of the White Feather Legion began to suffer casualties halfway through, their armor and wind protection were depleted after being shot like a rain of bullets, and the armor was also covered with bullet holes and bullet marks.
Of course, this legion that was among the elite regiments of Modo did not give up, and they continued to charge even if they were not afraid of death, until they really approached the enemy.
They even saw the panic when the enemy was rushed, although the new Sixth Division and the New Eighth Division had implemented a new military system and training, but there were still too few opportunities for actual combat, if they really fell into a bloody battle on this battlefield, their fighting spirit and fighting spirit were not comparable to the White Feather Legion at all, and the White Feather Legion soldiers also thought the same.
This idea is theoretically correct, but the problem is that the White Feather Legion began to suffer casualties from the time it rushed halfway through, and by the time it really rushed in front of the enemy, the casualties were already very heavy, it can be said that there was no one in ten, and there were still wounded among them.
And although the enemy is not like them who are elite in a hundred battles, but seeing the enemy so miserable, although they are a little panicked, they will not collapse without a fight, and the advantage in strength is a hundred times that of the remaining White Feather Legion.
In addition, the muskets of the New Sixth Division and the New Eighth Division were improved, and a white blade was added to form a bayonet-style musket, so that these soldiers also had basic hand-to-hand combat ability in close combat.
The result is conceivable, with the rout of the White Feather Legion, Modo's defensive battle almost collapsed, all thanks to the palace mage brought by Suasola, plus he himself can wait for the opportunity to use area attack magic from the air to help, in order to cover the remaining Modo army to retreat to the rear.
Perseus won the first battle, but did not order a pursuit, much to the relief of the Modos.
Many in the Asturian army were puzzled, but Perseus had to force all kinds of battles, because he also followed Solomon's orders, and there was no need to kill Modo.
What everyone didn't know was that in the air, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the battlefield, a fleet of five floating ships, one large, four small, was taking advantage of the fact that the Modos were caught in a border war, broke through the national border and flew directly to the royal capital of Modo, Tugen Haben. (To be continued......)