"My lord, according to your prediction, how many reinforcements are there on the other side?" This time, even Andalin was a little nervous, and the miserable scene of the long queue of displaced people and the collapse of the army that she saw along the way was still lingering in the mind of the female adjutant,

Glancing at Andaline's beautiful face, Hasenlimbo sighed and shook his head

"I don't know, this is impossible to predict! From the very beginning, we and the Northwest rebels are in an unequal combat conditions, although the other side is not enough troops, but all are the elite of the battle-hardened formation, and our troops seem to be abundant, but most of them are not strong local troops, the other side knows the layout of our army well, and our army is completely blind to the Northwest rebels, the other side directly attacked Rustie, obviously to cut off the connection between the empire and the southwest, the number of Northwest rebels we are facing now is 150,000, and some time ago, Stanley Spencer's 180,000 crusade army suffered a crushing defeat in the Sona River, the number of Northwest rebels at that time was 230,000, and then the Northwest rebels entered the southwest strongly, the army has absorbed more than 100,000 southwest troops without bloodshed, even if only the elite troops in it are retained and most of the local armies are disbanded, the total number of rebels in the northwest should be around 300,000!"

"Three hundred thousand!"

The faces of everyone in the command have changed, the hesitation in their eyes has turned into fear, there is a sound of gasping cold air, the solemn atmosphere is pressed down like a mountain, and the command has fallen into a silent silence,

The number of 300,000 really scared many people, especially the generals on the left flank, who had just encountered an unprecedented tragic fortress battle, the two armies held each other for half a month, except for a small confrontation of less than 10,000 people, the fortress of Bruges was already the largest troop confrontation between the two sides,

From the very beginning, the generals of the left did not expect to lose,

The North-Western rebels unexpectedly raided the fortress of Bruges, the core of the left flank. In less than a day, more than 100,000 troops swooped down on the Bruges fortress with great momentum, and the disparity in strength between the two armies made all the left-wing infantry regiment commanders think that the northwest rebels' surprise attack on the Bruges fortress was completely asking for their own death! These arrogant northwest rebels actually took the initiative with only 50,000 troops to meet the more than 100,000 troops on the left flank.

Nearly a three-to-one ratio of forces.

Everyone thought that there was no suspense in the victory of this battle, and it was just right to take advantage of the situation to inflict a heavy blow on the northwest rebels in one fell swoop, and kill one-third of their troops in the Bruges Fortress, and the shame of the defeat of the Eighth Army of the Empire before the snow, but no one expected that the counterattack of the Bruges Fortress would be so fierce, and in just one day of fierce fighting, the number of the Northwest rebels was only 50,000. Instead of showing the momentum of rout, it crushed dozens of successive attacks launched by more than 100,000 troops head-on.

The hundred Thor on the fortress of Bruges carpeted the lower part until the barrels were red. After pouring cold water on the cooling, they continued to bombard the ranks of the Gauls, and the heavy ballista and arrow carts, which were lethal weapons against the large corps, were also released without scruples at this time.

The Gauls, accustomed to phalanx battles, fell like weeds covered in a pouring rain, like scythes splitting apart. Thoroughly comprehended the pinnacle of the Ikadivar Continental Army's industry, countless casualties, rivers of blood, in the area where Thor's bombardment was most intensive, the Gallic infantry regiments were pushed up one by one, layers of corpses were piled up, bright red human blood mixed with minced flesh overflowed the ankles of people, a terrible battle like a nightmare, and all the Gallic officers who participated in this battle were terrified,

There was a wonderful expression in the eyes. It seemed that they were trying to suppress the consternation in their hearts, their minds were completely filled with the number of 300,000, if it was really as predicted by the famous imperial general Hasenranpo, in addition to the 160,000 Northwest rebels who had been exposed, there were also 140,000 Northwest rebels waiting in the shadows like poisonous snakes, everyone's minds suddenly became a mess, and the only thing that could be thought of was only one, "My lord, we should evacuate immediately" A general on the left flank said in a panic and eagerly The Northwest Rebels have opened the gates of the Bruges Fortress, and soon, the cavalry of the Northwest Rebels will uproot the entire left flank like mercury, and it will be a dead end to continue to stay on the left flank!"

"Yes, we still ...... even though the other side has not fully recovered from the victory," several other generals echoed

Hasenranpo was silent for a while, his eyes swept over everyone's hesitant and restless faces, he looked very helpless, took a deep breath, and nodded, "Okay, you immediately gather all the troops, bring everything that can be taken away, and what you can't take away will be burned immediately, and the army will withdraw lightly to the right flank" "And ...... Take him with you!" Hasenlimpo glanced at Greda in the corner, and in any case, Greda did her best!

"My lord, do you need to arrange for the queen of the palace? In case you encounter the rebels in the northwest...... a general of the left wing asked cautiously, many people immediately showed nervous looks, the cavalry of the rebels in the northwest is extremely fierce, once encountered, the main force of the army may be able to escape, but the troops in charge of the rear of the palace, I am afraid that there will not be a few people who will survive

"No, the Northwest rebels shouldn't be that fast!"

Hasenranpo glanced at the generals' pale faces, shook his head decisively, and said slowly, "When I came here just now, there were a large number of displaced people along the road, I believe that at this moment, the rebels in the northwest are also being blocked by these displaced people, and there is no way to completely block the road to the right wing for the time being" "It's still thoughtful!" In the air, there was a faint low voice of relief, and the left-wing generals who were still nervous to death just now actually showed a smile at this moment, "This is the so-called military spirit has been lost, and it can't fight anymore!" Taking in the looks of all the officers, Hasenlimpo's face looked ugly,

It is already very clear that everyone has chosen to abandon the left flank, although there is already such a plan, but thinking of the battle for half a month, first the Eighth Army Corps will be dispersed, and then the left flank will be disbanded, in just one month, the empire has lost nearly 200,000 troops in the Rusti region, and the blood of countless Gallic soldiers has infected this land, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the empire that is becoming increasingly lacking in national strength, I really don't know what kind of mood the emperor Xià, who is holding a lavish celebration when such news reaches Kyoto, will face," Three hundred years of empire. May God bless me Gaul!" On the way back to the right flank, Hasenrambo stopped his horse on a hill, and the vast land in front of him was a autumn yellow, revealing an indescribable gloom

Three days later, tens of thousands of Falcon troops, who had opened the gates of the left flank, slowly advanced from the fortress of Bruges into the left flank area, almost without hindrance, and all the left flank areas chose to be annexed. The situation of the displaced people has basically disappeared on the left flank, most of the displaced people have turned to the right wing in the first three days, and the local residents can't even resist the heart, except for the areas where the displaced people gathered, except for those who can't walk, and the 15,000 central army that originally mixed in, hundreds of thousands of displaced people ran to one left, and the Falcon Army completely ignored the displaced people who fled to the right wing, even if they inadvertently ran into it. and when they saw nothing

The black armor of the Falcon Infantry Corps, as well as the red armor cloak of the Guards Cavalry, in one day, quickly filled the ground on the left flank. The Falcon Army took over the left wing peacefully without bloodshed, and the rebellion of the displaced people on the left was quietly quelled.

The autumn wind blew across the long flat ground, and the blades of grass that had just withered yellow were trampled back into the mud by the flying horses' hooves. The falcon banners made a rattling sound in the wind, "Your Majesty, why did our army wait for three days before marching to the right flank" Hu Keqili rode on his warhorse. Curiously asked the fat man, according to his understanding of the fat man, the Falcon Majesty Xià has always pursued the speed of the soldiers, and the march was as unstoppable as the fire of the plain, and the battle with the Roude was because the Falcon Majesty led the army directly into the Greate Kyoto thousands of miles away, and led the main force of the Zhì Mighty German army to rush back to help, and finally the guide Zhì was completely defeated, and in just a few months, he attacked the Raidian Kingdom that had not been captured for a hundred years.

"It's just a good situation!" The fat man rode on his horse and slowly walked past a wheat field that had just been harvested, and the horse in his hand whipped up, "The left flank is spacious, suitable for a large army to attack and fight, as long as the node is occupied, it can be swept across" But the right flank is long and narrow, and it is a contiguous mountain city, which is enough to constitute a natural barrier to drag our army into a bloody battle

"The commander of Gaul is also decisive, and when he found that the left flank collapsed, he quickly gave up, and withdrew all the left wing troops to the right flank, and the Gallic Sixth Army Corps, known as the Gallic Tiger Army, guarded the right flank, with a strength of 140,000 men, well-equipped, and experienced in combat, which is not comparable to the local legions we met on the left flank, if our army follows closely, it will inevitably be dragged into the most unfavorable cruel battle for a city and a place, and the other party will wait for work, and our army has just experienced two major battles in the fortress of Bruges, and the soldiers are in high spirits, but the body is already exhausted, and it is too reluctant to force the right flank, and it is delayed for three days to attack the right flank, on the one hand, it is to let the soldiers get restOn the other hand, the main thing is to delay the time and let more displaced people pour into the right wing!"

"The flow of displaced people into the right wing? I see!" Hu Keqili was stunned for a moment, and his face showed a hint of abruptness, and he said secretly in his heart. It is still the interests of His Majesty, and he actually arranged a hand first, so that the displaced people poured into the right wing, there is a city, the population is denser than the left wing, and it is not a region like the left wing that can produce food, the Rasti region is short of food, and the Gauls can support the front until now, it is not easy, it has caused riots in the left wing, but because the left wing is open, it can not have much impact, but if in the densely populated right-wing urban area, a large-scale riot breaks out that is another matter!" In fact, the left flank has fallen into the hands of our army, the initiative in the battle has changed hands, when to attack the right flank is completely our decision, not as before, we must guard against the other side at any time to take the initiative to attack, forcing our army to fight a decisive battle, at this time, whether we can take the right flank or not, for the overall situation is no longer important!"

The corner of the fat man's mouth smiled, although he was not handsome, but he was full of masculinity, his expression was radiant, and under his thick eyebrows, a pair of black eyes were sharp and sharp, like a sharp sword that could pierce the sky

Hu Keqili heard a little vaguely, and asked cautiously, "The right wing in the mouth of the Falcon Majesty is no longer important, what does it mean?"

"It's late autumn in August, and it's September in a month, and winter is coming! I've learned the cold of Obarro!" said the fat man with deep eyes, his hand touching the lines on the horsewhip, and said in a solemn tone

"Within two months, our army fought thousands of miles, first at the Battle of the Sona River, which defeated the 180,000 crusading army of Gaul, and then advanced east to the southwest. Fighting Rasti again, annihilating the Gallic army of 300,000, inflicting heavy losses on the Gauls, forcing them to change from strategic initiative to passive defense, although the results are brilliant, and the army's fighting spirit has reached its peak, but in fact, it is not a tired division, and then forcibly march, even if it penetrates the right-wing urban area, our army will be a crushing victory at best"

"A crushing victory, no! Our army's losses are completely out of proportion to the other side's!" said Hu Keqili with a strange expression, "and the domestic reinforcements have already arrived in Haihai City. Soon it will be put into operation, and our army will be in an advantageous position!"

"Advantageous position?"

The fat man's face was slightly cold, and he snorted in a heavy tone, and said, "As the commander of the first army, your vision should not be so short-sighted! Do you remember the battle of Paravon between you and Anto, the old commander of Dorok?

"Anto's army!" Hukochili blinked, the danger and reversal of the Battle of Paraven like a bolt of lightning crossed his mind. The strong onslaught of the old coach Anto, but now it seems that victory is in sight, but in fact he is in a killing game! After the war, His Majesty the Falcon once said that even if Hu Keqili did not stop Anto, the old commander Anto would never dare to enter Palauven.

The fat man glanced at Hukochili in thought. "Our army is like Anto, and if we force our way to the right flank, the Gauls will suffer a great loss. If our army opens the door to the hinterland, how can our side not be the end of the crossbow, and if the door is opened, it does not mean that we will still be able to move forward! Don't forget, behind us, there is still the Gangfei Empire eyeing the southwest, once the other side takes this opportunity to march into the weakly defended southwest, just like I did at the beginning, cut off the rear road of the army in one fell swoop, and the army will scatter and attack the provinces, and it will be difficult to return from exhaustion in a short time, and it will fall into a dead place! If the Gauls launch a counterattack again, under the attack from both sides, the hundreds of thousands of elites of the empire will be overturned and this" "This... Hukochili's face changed slightly, and a row of cold sweat broke out on his head, he was really careless,

He really didn't think about it to the other general Gangfei people in the southwest, now the main forces of the empire are fighting in Rasti, it can be said that it is a triumphant advance, once the war starts in the southwest, the main force of the army is just entangled with the Gauls in the hinterland provinces, and falls into a difficult multi-front battle, it is impossible to quickly transfer back to the southwest thousands of miles away, if the southwest is lost, when the time comes, the situation is only afraid that it is not as good as the defeat of Gaul, at least, the Gauls do not need to consider the problem of logistics being cut off, and the logistics of the Falcon army is built on the logistics hub of the southwest, even if the logistics are recruited on the spot at that time, the heart of the army has been dispersed, and it is only a matter of time before each is broken"Although I don't want to stop the army here, but this is the current shape" The fat man stretched out his hand and patted Hu Keqili who was a little dazed, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, "Hundreds of thousands of troops have been fighting for several months, just to take this opportunity to rest, even if it is the southwest that has just been captured, it needs a stable period to develop, so that it can truly become a solid springboard for the empire to enter the hinterland of Gaul, dozens of provinces in the hinterland of Gaul, too anxious to swallow one bite, will choke to death in the end."

I have transferred the Southern and Northwestern Legions from within to take over as large armies, and maintain a strong oppression on the Gallic side,

The main force was temporarily transferred back to the southwest to recuperate,

If possible, I hope to be able to form an alliance with the Congo-Africa Empire this winter and completely solve the worries of the southwest! It is expected that an offensive will be launched next spring, and when the time comes, the whole situation will be completely changed!" The fat man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with certainty, "Next spring!"

Hu Keqili was taken aback by the fat man's decision, his face hesitated, but he still said boldly: "Your Majesty wants to ally with Gangfei? I'm afraid that this is a little difficult, the Gangfei Empire is bound to win for the southwest! And the southwest is also an important springboard to enter the hinterland of Gaul, I am afraid that there will be inevitable conflicts."

"It's because it's inevitable that I'm going to transfer the main force back, although it's a break, I didn't say that there won't be a skirmish" The corner of the fat man's mouth showed a sly smile, and he said, "Compared to Rasti, the southwest is our strategic goal in this battle!" The southwest, backed by the northwest sea city, connected to the empire's local resources and troops, and has a ready-made naval base, fully has all the conditions to become a logistics base, just non-people want to swallow the southwest, but also with the intention of marching into the hinterland of Gaul, so this battle of interests is inevitable, just look at how to fight,

In addition to interests, it is sometimes necessary to see whose fist is big enough, and both sides are convinced, so that they can sit down and say! Only by letting the Gangfei people eliminate the heart of annexing the southwest can we steadily enter the hinterland of the Gallic Empire, and I have already stuffed hundreds of thousands of hungry and cold displaced people to the right flank, and one winter is enough for the Gauls to be busy! Let this festering scar last on the right flank defense line until next spring, and our army only needs a light blow to break it!" (To be continued......