363: The Three Slavic Duchies
After listening to Princess Hulan's words, Elrens nodded and asked, "Has the Slavs made any changes recently?"
Hu Lan shook his head and said, "These bear people have well-developed limbs and simple minds, and they think that they can sleep peacefully away from the front line, but they still don't realize that our attack will come from the sea. These days they have been spending their days in the city, either drinking and fighting, or playing with the female prisoners, and they have no intention of sending people to patrol seriously, let alone any defense against our actions. As for the Eastern Roman army, they are quite vigilant, but they are few in number, and they are mainly to protect the mines and guard against our Golden Horde, and they are also weak to other places. ”
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and then the mermaid prince Prian asked: "What is the situation of Larissa City, it is said that this dwarven city is built by mountains and rivers, and there is also a mysterious lock laid by the god of forging, Moradin, and the defense is very strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack. ”
The princess thought for a moment and replied, "Larissa was originally the capital of the dwarven kingdom, and the city is indeed very strong. However, in the previous war, the magician regiment led by the golden-robed archmage Narcisse of Eastern Rome destroyed the mystery, and the city walls were also damaged, and the defense ability was reduced a lot. The Slavic bears have a loose personality, they are unable to rebuild the locks after they are stationed here, and the repair of the city walls is also sloppy, and it will be difficult to resist the impact of a tsunami. In addition, the city has long been devoid of inhabitants except for garrisons and military supplies, so we don't need to worry about it. ”
"Good. Prian smiled and said, "My Narwhal Legion is ready to attack. ”
All as expected before the war. Everyone looked at each other a few times, and their feelings seemed very high. At this time, the leader of the Parthenon Puppet Legion, Nissias, asked, "If we take Larissa by the way, what should we do next?"
From an early age, Hulan followed his brother Attila to fight in the north and south. She also knew something about the war, and then she replied with a smile: "The Slavic bear clan has suffered heavy losses since the naval battle of Salamis, and their morale is currently very low, and they basically have no intention of fighting, and even have the idea of retreating. Moreover, Larissa has a large number of military supplies stored in the city, which is the most important supply point for the enemy on the eastern front. Once this place is breached, not only will the enemy forces in the entire Thessaly region collapse. Even the main enemy forces on the front line of Hot Spring Pass will soon face the dilemma of running out of ammunition and food. Therefore, after the capture of Larissa, we should immediately attack from all sides and destroy every enemy in the Kingdom of Thessaly. After stabilizing the situation, immediately switch to the defensive. At this time, the main force of the Eastern Romans learned that the back road was cut off and all the supplies were lost, so they would inevitably counterattack in a big way, and a fierce battle would inevitably be ......"
While the Illyrians were still discussing battle plans at sea, Larissa, the capital of the Kingdom of Thessaly, twelve kilometers away. A meeting was also held.
The Slavic bears are generally savage and unwise. But after all, not all of them are fools, since the Battle of Salamis, the Olympian League has mastered the sea, and they also realize that their station is by the sea, and they are afraid that something will be wrong, so they sent people to the Eastern Rome to ask for help. Emperor Justinian took this very seriously, and not only sent reinforcements, but also asked them to immediately strengthen their defenses just in case.
But due to the influence of the lazy nature of the bear family. Now that the Emperor had promised to send troops to help, they felt that they could rest in peace. In fact, the bears didn't really take the threat from the sea seriously. After all, Thessaly was far away from the front line, and even if the Olympian Alliance sent troops to attack from the sea, how many troops could they come? At the top of the sky, it was 10,000 or 20,000 enemy troops, and they didn't care about it at all.
So it didn't take long for the Slavic bears to return to their daily days of eating, drinking, and having fun, and live happily.
This morning, it was time for a regular meeting again. In the royal palace of the former dwarven kingdom of Larissa, several bear clan leaders gathered. Speaking of a meeting, it's like a party party, with the hall filled with spirits and large plates of meat, and littered with garbage and food scraps. In the center is a group of young slave girls who have been captive, forced to sing and dance in sexy tulle, and are occasionally dragged aside by drunken and sexually violated bears. The originally solemn kingdom was in chaos at the moment, with laughter and screams one after another.
The southeast corner of the hall is a little more orderly, with groups of plush sofas, thick colored blankets on the floor, and several heavily armed warriors guarding them. The three groups of bears sitting on the sofa were all gorgeously dressed, they were the princes from the three oldest Slavic principalities, namely the Grand Duke of Moscow Peter, the Grand Duke of Novgorod Ivan, the Grand Duke of Kiev Catherine Catherine, and their important ministers. These people represent the interests of the Slavic bear tribes, and there are times when there are disputes with each other, as well as when they are united with each other.
At this time, these bear leaders did not revel like the ordinary generals outside, but the atmosphere was quite heavy.
After everyone drank for a while, the Grand Duke of Moscow, Peter, spoke first: "I heard that the 50,000 reinforcements sent by the Eastern Romans have arrived in Achaia, led by Marshal Belisarius himself!"
When the other two Grand Dukes heard this, they all frowned, and as soon as Belisarius arrived, it meant that their good days were coming to an end. In the past few months, with the convenience of guarding military supplies, they have made a lot of money, and now the financial route is about to be cut off, and it is really difficult to accept it for a while.
Grand Duke Ivan of Novgorod glared at Peter with great dissatisfaction and said: "What the hell are you doing, you have nothing to do but come to Justinian's rescue! Now Belisarius is coming, I see what you should do? What about the enemy you talked about at the beginning, where is the enemy?!"
Peter was also very helpless, he was not afraid of others, but Belisarius was a famous Roman general, and he had been famous for more than ten years, and they could not afford to offend.
At this time, in the face of Ivan's questioning, the Grand Duke of Moscow had to swallow his anger and defended: "The Olympians have controlled the sea, and they are indeed a threat to us, and everyone agreed to ask for help from the Eastern Rome at the beginning, how can you blame me alone......?"
(To be continued......)