362: Opening a new front

After the Battle of the Strait of Salamis, the sea power of the two sides reversed, and the Olympian League gained sea supremacy, allowing warships, transports, and ordinary merchant ships to enter and exit freely on both sides of the Sea of Koto.

The outcome of this naval battle was almost one-sided, and the result was beyond everyone's expectations, and for a time the shape shì was abrupt. For the Olympia coalition, the time was fully ripe for the opening of a new front in the rear of the main flanks of the enemy's army. At this time, both the Holy Rome and the Eastern Rome, although extremely shocked by the defeat of the navy, were still unaware of the true intentions of the Olympian Alliance, and their main forces were still concentrated on the line of Thermopylae Pass and the periphery of Illyria.

In the area of the original kingdom of Sesaly, where the Olympian League planned to open a new front, only the Golden Horde army and some Slavic bear reserves were responsible for garrisoning. Among them, the royal city of Lhasari was the rear town of the Eastern Roman army, and the city stored mountains of various military supplies and grain and grass, and its strategic location was extremely important. The Eastern Romans deployed about 100,000 Slavic bear warriors here, and the 100,000 troops of the Golden Horde were not far away.

However, Prince Attila of the Golden Horde had already secretly defected, and the Bear heavy infantry, although not weak in combat, had loose discipline, and had suffered heavy casualties since entering the war, especially after the Slavic navy was completely wiped out in the Battle of Salamis, their morale had dropped greatly, and they began to doubt the prospect of participating in this war.

Ten days later, in the early morning, it was still dark. Braving the waves and the drizzle, a fleet crept into the open sea at the mouth of the Magnesian River, about twenty kilometers from Larissa, the capital of the Thessaly Kingdom. Magnesia is a large and wide river. Follow the river up to the city of Larissa.

The fleet carried the elite who were responsible for opening new fronts behind the enemy's flank. These include the Tiger Shark Knights of the Merfolk Kingdom, the Parthenon Puppet Legion of Delos, and the Thessalian Dwarven Heavy Infantry temporarily drawn from the direction of Hot Springs, as well as the newly returned Black Dragon Elrens and the Abyssal Sea Dragon Leviathan.

Tiger Shark Knight and the Paltenon Puppet Legion suffered a lot of damage in the previous Battle of Salamis. At this time, after reorganization, the strength was restored. Although the kingdom of the Thessalian dwarves has been destroyed by the Eastern Roman army, its army retreated to Thermopay Pass with the main force of the Olympian Alliance, and still has a strong combat capability. These three forces together have a total of 10,000 fighters, and although the number is not much, they are all elite. As soon as the troops landed on the landing, they could immediately contact the garrison of the Golden Horde in the vicinity. According to the agreement between the two sides, Prince Attila will also officially declare war on the Holy Rome and the Eastern Romans. The more than 100,000 troops on both sides first defeated the Slavic bears in front of them, and then attacked the enemy's main force from the flanks and rear. Turn the tide of battle in one fell swoop

So far, the operation has gone very smoothly, and when the fleet braved the drizzle to approach the mouth of the Magnesian River, there were no enemy warships patrolling the coast. There is no interception. According to the report of the spies sent in advance, no enemy patrol was found on the shore for the time being.

Standing on the battleship and looking from afar, Elrens could faintly see that there were only a few deserted and sparse fishing villages on the land, and the rotten ship, wood and dead grass drifted in the drizzle and wind, all of which looked very desolate and dilapidated. At that moment, a small boat suddenly turned out from behind a rocky reef ahead, and a warrior in barbarian-style leather armor stood on the bow of the ship, holding a flag embroidered with a golden wolf's head in both hands. Swinging vigorously.

"It's the emissary of the Golden Horde!" Oni pursed her lips, she didn't like the Golden Horde very much. Mainly because this messenger is a princess of Hulan, who looks demonic, and her eyes are always staring at Elrens, and she doesn't know what the hell she has in her heart.

Elrens had already seen the boat, he nodded, and whispered to an admiral behind him, "Raise the flag and invite the other party over." ”

After a while, the other party's boat approached the flagship where Ellens and the others were, and a tall and athletic woman walked out from the inside, she was wearing sexy leather armor, bare a large area of wheat-colored healthy skin, long black hair tied in a ponytail, her facial features were very delicate, and a pair of big eyes revealed a bit of wildness. This pretty woman is none other than Princess Hulan, the sister of Attila, the great prince of the Golden Horde, and is known as the pearl of the steppe. Attila had always had her travel between the Golden Horde and Illyria as an emissary, and Huran himself was somehow happy to take on such a task.

I saw the princess walk to the side of the battleship, stretch out her slender hand to grasp the hanging cable, and jump lightly onto the battleship. Everyone on the ship hurriedly came forward, and Elrens first smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, but the princess has become more beautiful!"

When Hulan heard this, her heart was overjoyed, and she replied with a smile: "How dare a barbarian woman like me claim to be beautiful in front of Princess Oni and Princess Vanessa?

Hulan said, looking at Elrens with big eyes and affection, as if he couldn't see anyone else. Oni and Vanessa were very dissatisfied with this, and little Lori even pouted and whispered: "Vixen!"

The dragon didn't seem to hear Oni's words, he shook his head and said, "The victory in the Battle of Salamis, everyone's credit, it has nothing to do with me!"

After the two sides laughed and exchanged pleasantries for a while, everyone walked into the conference room in the battleship control tower. Elrens formally asked, "Does Your Highness know the specific deployment of the enemy army in Thessaly at present?"

Hulan thought for a moment and said, "Thessaly is an important town in the enemy's rear, but it is far from the front line, and there is never any danger, and they are not taking into account the attack from the sea for the time being, so they are not well prepared. At present, the enemy has a total of 200,000 troops here, which seems to be a lot, but 100,000 of them belong to our Golden Horde. The remaining 100,000 men were divided into three parts, the main force was the army of the Slavic bears, 50,000 were stationed in the royal city of Larissa, and 20,000 were scattered in the various points of Thessaly. Finally, 30,000 Eastern Roman warriors, stationed on the cast-iron mountains near Larissa, guarded the Mithril mines there while echoing the defenders of the royal city......"

(To be continued......)