Section 353 Commands

"Master, the enemy forces seem to be retreating rapidly. A magic disk flew in front of Marven, and the Tzeentch wizard on the magic disk bowed first, and then said. "Their response was timely. Should we speed up the pursuit?"

"Nope. Marven gently touched his goatee. "Can't be too fast. Keep up with your current marching speed. ”

"But...... They retreated quickly. In that case, they will retreat all the way to the city. The subordinate explained. "At the current rate, we can't catch up with the ......"

"Do you think they're rabbits that fled in panic?" Marven said coldly.

"They run faster than rabbits. ”

"It's a pity that they move faster than rabbits, but they have the fangs of vipers. Marven said. His expression was calm. Some human beings have this trait, and when some aspect of their feelings reaches a very intense point, they will express it in the opposite way. This is not uncommon, for example, when people are angry, they will laugh, and when they are very loved, they will turn into hate. Therefore, although Marven is full of hatred and desire for revenge at the moment, on the surface, he is calmer and more composed than usual.

"I believe they are preparing a counterattack. Marven said with certainty. "Maybe somewhere up front, they'll do it if they find a suitable terrain. If we abandon our vigilance...... I'm afraid I'll suffer a big loss. They are more cunning and decisive than you think. ”

The Wizard of Chaos saluted, and the magic disc at his feet led him in the other direction. Then someone else came over and reported to Marven that the striker had spotted the enemy scouts observing the appearance of the Chaos Legion. However, these scouts are all veterans, so as soon as the Chaos Legion notices it, they retreat in time.

"I'm afraid they already know something about the situation in our army. The subordinate reported. "My lord, I will send troops to carefully search this area and find or expel the enemy's scouts. ”

"Not necessarily. Marven replied immediately. "Let them see. Anyway, now...... We are not at all afraid that the enemy will know about our situation. That's all the Southerners can see...... Even if they see a qiē, even if they understand the strength and arrangement of our army, what does it matter? Not to mention just observing from a distance, even if they sneak in and find out all the details, they will only ...... It's just a matter of bringing intelligence back into balance. The crux of the matter is ......" he did not say the last paragraph.

The subordinates didn't dare to ask again. But then again, he also knew the current situation: the Chaos Legion was indeed strong, but there were not many scout troops involved. This is because in this Chaos Legion under Marven, heavy troops are the main force, and there are not many light troops. In particular, most of the lightly armed Marauder cavalry (the light cavalry was naturally a scout) joined the Bloodfang Lord's command, and then were completely wiped out in the previous annihilation battle.

Marven naturally had reasons for making this deployment in the first place -- one of which was obviously to retain his strength in the face of defeat. He had planned to defeat the Bloodfang Lords, and the light cavalry, known to be the easiest troops to flee the battlefield. Unfortunately, things didn't go as he expected, and his men did evacuate the battlefield where the Bloodfang Lord and Aerufate were going to win, but they got into the pocket array that Bayral had carefully arranged. In such a situation where the enemy is surrounded on all sides, the casualties and losses suffered by the lightly armed troops can be much worse than those of the heavy troops. Even before Marven flew away, these forces were annihilated.

Because the light cavalry suffered the loss of Yan zhòng, it was difficult for Marven to organize troops to expel those scouts who were as annoying as flies on the one hand, and on the other hand, there was no way to send light cavalry to harass and contain the enemy's rear guard.

"Ashrufat, you just wait. Marven said softly. Whether Ashrufat knew it or not, Marven knew the combat strength of the two armies well. So what he said to his subordinates was actually right - no matter what tricks Eshurufat played, there was a big difference in strength between the two sides.

Although he defeated the Bloodfang Lord, Aerufat paid the price for his victory, and his army losses should have been between 10,000 and 20,000 men. If the combat power of the two sides is digitally compared, Marven believes that the comparison between himself and Ashrufat should be about two to one.

This determines that unless there is a very favorable terrain, weather and other factors, or it can be arranged in a targeted manner (as in the previous case when Esrufat defeated the Lord of the Blood Fangs), or some unforeseen unexpected circumstances occur (such as Marven was killed in battle), otherwise Eshurufat will not be able to win.

However, Marven also believed that with the bold character of Eshurufat, he would never obediently retreat all the way to Newcity or Gaohua City. Don't look at Marven who was severely cheated by Ashrufat before, but that was too unexpected. In terms of "knowing people", Marven is actually very confident. Ashrufat will try to fight back...... And this will be the biggest mistake he will make in his life.

They're going to have another real fight, and this one is a big fight...... There is no room for error.

Speaking of which, Marven really didn't expect that he would be forced to this Cheng dù, so he made a last resort.

Marven was already doing this work back when he pushed the Bloodfang Lord to invade the South. In the process of collecting troops for the Bloodfang Lord, Tzeentch's army was the slowest to assemble, which would have been a reason for others to be suspicious, but Marven cleverly took advantage of the Bloodfang Lord's impatience to rationalize this unreasonable thing. The Blood Fang Lord launched the war more than half a year earlier than agreed, so Marven could justifiably excuse himself and say that he had not yet finished assembling his army.

Everyone, including the clever Rogin and the cunning and suspicious Sagas, not to mention the Bloodfang Lords, doubted this. The original time of war was proposed by Marven, so it is easy to guess that a Marven will inevitably prepare for war according to a predetermined schedule. Therefore, after the armies of the other evil gods had already been active and began to invade, Tzeentch's army arrived in pieces and in batches. Everyone thinks this is very reasonable, not because Marven is planning any conspiracy and playing any tricks, but because the Blood Fang Leader is too impatient and has too much time in advance, and Marven has not had enough time to prepare. In addition, didn't Marven himself join the Chaos Legion in the first place?

Everyone thinks that when Tzeentch doesn't play tricks, it's when Tzeentch really plays tricks.

That's right, Marven played a trick here. He has assembled an army far more than he promised to the Bloodfang Lord. This is the army he has gathered as a god.

It was also his last hand. That's right, Tzeentch gave Marvin a complicated task: on the one hand, he had to infiltrate Tzeentch's influence into the southern realm, but at the same time, he had to exclude the other three evil gods. So when Marven made the plan, he planned to complete it through a secret transaction. On the one hand, he used Gruny's military power and the White Keep to complete the work of this "breakwater" to keep the power of the other three evil gods out, and on the other hand, he used the secret agreement he had reached with the southerners to enable Tzeentch's forces to infiltrate the southern realm. That's the best outcome.

But like all smart people, Marvin was prepared for the worst. If no agreement can be reached in the end, then Marven must rely on his own armed forces to occupy the White Fort, destroying the resistance of the southerners on the one hand, and the forces of other evil gods on the other.

This is actually being attacked from both sides, and the wise do not do it. But when it really came to the point where there was no choice, Marven had no choice but to do it.

As early as when the Blood Fang Lord led his army to besiege Gaohua City, he had already secretly put the White Castle under his control.

This would have been an easy thing to expose. But Marven did a thorough job in this regard - the relevant magical communication was originally the responsibility of Tzeentch Wizard, so he naturally didn't know what information the magic communication would bring to the Bloodfang Lord. At the same time, the flow of personnel and supplies between the front and the rear remained unimpeded: the new troops and supplies arrived smoothly, and the relevant people were unwittingly replaced by Marven's men - so the Bloodfang Lord had no idea what was happening in the rear.

That's right, this is the big trouble Marven is facing right now. For a long time to come, he must be Gruny's defender against the Chaos Legion from the Northern Wastelands (and the other three Evil Gods except Tzeentch, of course). At the same time, he must complete the infiltration of Gruni. His only option was to completely defeat Gruni's army in a short time and eliminate his military power. Otherwise, under the long-term two-sided attack, his future can be imagined.

If Marvin fails...... Tzeentch is not a particularly forgiving god.

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"Your Majesty!" Essien dismounted, knelt down on one knee, and saluted the little queen in front of him.

Because of her identity, the little girl was also treated roughly. Esin's vanguard didn't know the girl, but they couldn't turn a blind eye or do anything rude to a person who claimed to be the queen. And so it went.

In fact, when the little girl saw Essien, her shock was no less than that of Essien when she saw the little girl. How did Esin get here? Didn't he crusade against the rebellious lords over there? Why did he come here? However, after all, she had been a queen for so long, so she had developed some skills to not be surprised at every turn. On the surface, at least, she just nodded coldly, in reply to Essien's salute.

"Your Majesty, ......" Essien was about to speak, but the little girl interrupted him.

"Essien, there's no time for polite words. The little girl pointed forward, "The Chaos Legion has taken advantage of the situation to attack the city of Neustria, and immediately take your troops to retake the city of Neustria." ”

"This ......" Essien really didn't expect the little girl to make such a request. He had thought that he could take the opportunity to retreat with the little girl - he had already accomplished such a feat as "saving the queen", and he didn't want anything else. "Majesty, what's going on?"

"Nothing. The remnants of a Chaos legion of several thousand men raided the city of Neustria, taking advantage of the night to capture the outer city. Speaking of this, the little girl was really trembling with anger. The panic, anxiety and flight of last night had now turned into anger in her heart. "Drive these chaotic scum out of the city at once...... No, wipe it out. ”

"Remnants?" Essien was immediately keenly aware of the particular word.

"Ashrufat has defeated the main force of the Chaos Legion. The little girl replied. "This is a defeated army that has been defeated on the battlefield. But they did choose a good time: the city of Neustria was now very empty, the defenders were no more than a thousand men, and they were attacked by night, so they could not hold it for a while. I ......" she glanced back at her own guards not far away. As mentioned earlier, her guards had suffered huge losses, and now there were only about twenty wounded soldiers left, which could be considered completely annihilated. It was definitely a great humiliation for the Queen. Originally, she could only grit her teeth from afar, but now, she has the strength to take revenge. Just now she could see that the army under the command of Essien was at least tens of thousands.

Essien stole a glance at Clio beside him, who was also looking at him. The two exchanged a knowing look at each other. The credit for sending it to the door in this way is not in vain.

So Essien immediately bowed his head to the little girl, "The minister will never be dishonored!"