On the evening of July 22, the golden afterglow shone through the horizon, and a young man dressed as an infantry regiment commander was riding a horse on the road north of Rasti, who had just completed three years of service in the province of Aung Rada in the heart of Gaul, and had not had time to return to Kyoto to report, when he received an urgent order for operations.

More than 700 miles from Aung Rada province to his destination, Rasti, and behind him were the 6,000 imperial infantry of the 35th Local Infantry Regiment, escorting more than 1,000 carts full of various supplies.

As the war spreads, once the last passage to the hinterland of the empire is lost, the rich interior will be plunged into a war, and the Gauls this time mobilized the troops of at least twenty nearby provinces, on the same road, not only Seriola's troops, but also a large number of troops around the perimeter are marching in the direction of Rasti, the main infantry regiment, local reserves, reinforcements, baggage vehicles, countless people, gradually converged into a large lineup of troops, and the dust raised covered the sky.

The main force of this mobilization is the local garrison, so the equipment is also very different, the soles of the boots make a sizzling sound on the muddy road soaked by the rain, and the hem of the coat flutters on the thin and small legs wrapped in leggings.

Most of the soldiers' faces were a little malnourished, and it had just rained last night, and the cold armor on the soldiers' bodies covered the entire plain, and thousands of soldiers flocked to the road like ant colonies

Seriola stopped his horse at a high place, looked at the advancing army, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, according to his battle report, he learned that the northwest rebel army this time was very strong, and had defeated the regular legions of the two empires in a row,

The regular army of the empire is still like this, let alone these miscellaneous troops of their own. According to Gallic military regulations, the miscellaneous battle losses were often the highest, because they would be assigned to the front-line mission, used to block the opponent's fiercest cavalry onslaught, and few survived

As he went deeper into the Lasti region, Seriola also felt that the atmosphere of war suddenly intensified, and in the middle of the day, the streets of the city were empty, and only soldiers were seen coming and going, not a single civilian. Wearing a helmet. Light infantry armed with spears closely inspected the intersections. I heard that the Northwest rebels are very cunning and accustomed to launching harassing attacks, and the scale is not large, but it always makes people worry, "I'm sorry, you can't enter the city!"

At the entrance to the city, the guards on guard, after reading the transfer book in Seryola's hand, expressed great regret that there were too many troops. It is also difficult for the city to continue to be settled, according to the orders of the base camp, so the troops who arrived later need to go to the designated location to report, "Designated place?" Serio asked with a puzzled face, "Your Excellency's 35th Infantry Regiment please report to General Glada on the left flank." He's stationed in the Arras region sixty miles from here, and he'll arrange for you!" The guard replied helplessly, "What! This bastard Greda is here too!" Seriora frowned slightly, he knew that this General Greda could even be said to be unforgettable. He is an experienced commander, but he has a very ruthless style, that is, he will win at any cost.

There was a cruel record of dragging 4,000 enemy heavy cavalry charges with a local infantry regiment, creating a chance to encircle and annihilate the enemy's cavalry, at that time Seryola was the deputy commander of the infantry regiment that was ordered to block, he always remembered the terrible scene of his subordinates in pieces, under the enemy's heavy heavy cavalry horses, turned into a large area of bloody flesh, that battle, Greda finally annihilated the enemy cavalry trapped in the heavy siege, forcing the enemy's main force to retreat, and Seryola belonged to the infantry regiment of 7,000 people, more than two-thirds of the battle losses,

Because it is a local army, its merits have been directly and ruthlessly erased, the regular army, not even reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs, in the eyes of most of the Gallic regular army, the status of the local army is very low, because most of the sources of the local army are ordinary people with humble status, and the general nobles can be mixed in the local army to get an official and a half-position, if it is a high noble, it will not go to the local army mixed resume.

"My lord, please report to General Glada!"

The guards looked at Serio in a daze and reminded again, his eyes looked a little unnatural, and he couldn't bear to look at the painful look on the other party's face covered with dust and sweat, this time two-thirds of the local army was arranged under the command of General Greda, this was the order of the corps commander Hasenlimpo, many people heard some rumors, in order to deal with the fierce and terrible cavalry troops of the northwest rebels and reduce the losses of the main legion, the commander of the Hasenlimpo corps seemed to intend to let the local army on the top line

"Let's go to the left to report!" Serio waved his hand with a gloomy face, and the cruelty of the war could not help but come to mind.

"Abandoned!" Seriola sighed to himself on the way,

Late that night, Seryola came to a small town in the left wing of the province, which seemed to be under martial law, and under the hazy moonlight, only patrols walked around the town, their feet rustling on the rugged ground, making a low rustling sound, and the barking of dogs could be faintly heard among the low houses.

"Squadrons rest on the spot!"

Seriola waved at the front of the procession, and after a long journey of more than 700 miles and more than ten days, the men and horses were exhausted, and they needed to replenish water and food in this town. Thousands of people opened a camp outside the town, he sent a unit to the local garrison to negotiate supplies, heard that an infantry regiment commander had arrived, and the head of the local garrison hurriedly came over in person, this is a squadron leader, who also belongs to the local army system,

"Kaalette, Captain of the Fifth Squadron of the 21st Local Infantry Regiment!" the head of the garrison, a kind middle-aged man, saluted Seriola

"Seryola, the commander of the local 35th Infantry Regiment!" Seryola nodded in response, he just needed to ask the local garrison about the situation of the battle, morale, food, etc.,

"It's not very good" Kaalette's face looked a little strange, shrugged his shoulders, and made no secret that he had no confidence in the battle situation, "We haven't engaged the enemy yet, but the news from the front is not good, and the combat strength of the Northwest rebel side is very terrible"

"Terrible?" Seriola's face changed slightly, this was already the number of times he had heard his own people after entering Lastie, and he used such words to express fear to describe the enemy on the other side

"It is said that there was a record of a single cavalryman killing eight of us. And most of the infantry are also extremely well-equipped," Caalet explained with a slightly pale face, "To be honest, it's not so much that they are barbarians from the northwest, what is the equipment of our local army?"

"Demon Army!" Segliola couldn't help but shudder as she listened

"Let's hope it's just rumors!" Caalette's ugly voice paused, and asked Serio what kind of battle plan the base camp had, in the eyes of these mid-ranking officers. An infantry regiment commander in charge of thousands of men, at least at the rank of general, should know the secrets and plans of the base camp.

The corners of Caalette's mouth sneered embarrassedly, "The local army from all over the country is constantly pulling here, and all kinds of rumors are also flying all over the sky, although I know that this is suspected of violating the secret, but just like a person in the dark who desperately wants to see the light, please forgive me!" "It's a pity I don't know!" Serio opened his mouth, and finally said with some regret that he didn't know anything. These low-level garrisons and soldiers will not understand the strategies and plans of those adults, they simply want to protect the city where they grew up, and defend the home and land they love. Protect yourself and your parents, your wives and your children, and when you hear the call of the country, you rush to the battlefield in their hearts.

But they may not have expected it. On the grand battle blueprint plan in the hands of the famous generals of the empire, they and their persistence are destined to be abandoned, and they will be the best cannon fodder of the empire. This kind of thing, it's better to know nothing than to know!

The cool July night breeze blew in through the window of the conference room, gentle as a lover's hand

The door of the conference room was closed, and ten black-armored guards stood in the doorway, their eyes vigilantly scanning everyone who passed in front of the conference room, the conference room was brightly lit, hundreds of candles hung on a huge bronze candlestick, and the white ash dragged a long shadow in the light

There were only three people in the room, the fat man was dressed in a black military uniform, Hukochili was dressed in the uniform of the imperial legion, a map full of scribbled diagrams, which was now spread out on the table in front of the two, the black representing the Falcon Army and the blue representing the Gauls were very clear, on this map, it was obvious that the situation in the Rusti region was becoming more and more tense as the two armies continued to increase their troops, and the atmosphere of the imminent outbreak of the war was so strong that you could smell it with your nose,

In order to deal with the shape of the Japanese desire to be strict and fully command this battle that decided the fate of the empire, the fat man personally sat in the base camp, and the falcon army in the Rasti area was divided into three parts, on the high ground on the left flank, Hu Kochili led the 30,000 men of the Central Army to rely on the terrain to fortify, and in the urban area of the right flank, Salonon led 50,000 people from his army headquarters to build a defensive line with the city of Laixi as the core of defense, and the fat man personally led the 50,000 people of the Central Guard Army to sit in the Aslan area of the middle line,

The reason why Hukochili was brought in was that the current situation was very unfavorable for the Falcon Empire

The Gallic side started the war machine with all its might, just like being pricked in the skin by a needle will bleed naturally, the Gallic army, relying on the local advantage, is constantly entering the Rusti area in large numbers, just during the period when the two armies are holding each other, the ratio of the two sides has changed from the original basically equal, to 280,000 to 140,000, the ratio of 2:1, the Gallic army with superior strength is already ready to move, if it is not stumped by a large number of hungry people, or has launched a full-scale counteroffensive against the Falcon army.

Facing the Gallic army that was about to break through 300,000 people, the fat man's face was very stern, Salon's eyes were staring at the map, and the central general Hukochili stretched out his hand with a worried face, pointed to a certain location on the map in front of him, and said in a condensed voice, "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, this morning, two more local infantry regiments of Gauls arrived in the Rasti area!" The total strength of the Gauls has exceeded 300,000, while the strength of our army is only 140,000, and the 100,000 people who choose to choose the adults are still on the way, and even if they arrive, our army is obviously at a disadvantage.

Especially on the left flank of our line, in addition to the original 60,000 men of the Gallic Sixth Army, the Gauls were increasing their forces"

Hukochili pointed to the map. He explained the current military strength comparison very carefully, glanced at the fat man who was silent on the other side, and found that His Majesty the Falcon had nothing to say, so his voice stopped, and he continued, "Although the main frontal force of the Sixth Army has not yet intended a full-scale attack, the strength of the troops on the left flank has been deployed more than twice the strength of our army, constantly exerting pressure on the left flank of our army's defense line, and the subordinates are worried that once the Gauls offensive is launched. The left flank of our army is the key target of attack, and the other side will choose to use this place as a breakthrough point, and when the time comes, the other side will follow the example of us when we did against the Gallic Eighth Army, break through from the breakthrough point with all our might, and adopt similar cutting tactics against our army! Moreover, our army's defensive line is too long, and it is difficult to achieve key defense."

The fat man looked at the place where Hukochili pointed his fingers, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly, indeed, after suffering a series of fiascos. This time, the Gauls actually adopted the tactics of battle in a dignified manner, fighting steadily and steadily, using superior forces, on the one hand, taking advantage of the flat terrain of the Lasti region. The main force of the army was completely dragged into the quagmire of this head-to-head confrontation, and on the other hand, troops were constantly mobilized to strengthen the left flank

Although it is not known who arranged this battle, it is only to abandon the Gallic Eighth Army. Abandoning half of Lusti as bait and forcing himself to engage the Gallic army head-to-head, the other side's setup was undoubtedly successful. Even if you know that the opponent's target is on the left flank, you will stare dryly because of the lack of troops

With the continuation of the confrontation between the two armies, the fat man has only recently discovered this dilemma.

After all, this is the homeland of the Gauls, and most of the Lasties only recognize the existence of the Gallic Empire, and fighting against the Gauls in such a place is itself a kind of disadvantage in people's hearts, not to mention that the Rusti region is backed by the rich and densely populated hinterland of Gaul. "The subordinates think that some necessary means can be taken on the flanks to strengthen the defense" Hu Keqili glanced at the fat man with frowning eyebrows, as the head of the left wing, he has been thinking about it for several days, this time, he came to ask the fat man for instructions,

After a moment's hesitation, Hukochili's finger swiped across the map of the Rasti region, and finally settled on a point, his finger pointed, and he raised his head and said to the fat man opposite

"After field observation, the subordinates found that there were some precarious heights on the left flank, located on the flanks of the main line of defense, and these areas had a very old defensive system, and some walls and forts, which could be used as military fortresses with a little repair.

And on our army's defense line, there are seven or eight similar sections, and if they are all renovated and reinforced, they should be able to greatly strengthen the defensive forces on the flanks of our army."

It is said that more than 300 years ago, when the Gallic Empire had not yet been established, there were many lords in the Rusti region, and the remnants of ancient castles could be seen everywhere, which was originally the stronghold of the Gallic Eighth Army, but with the full withdrawal of the Eighth Army, these nodes have fallen into the hands of the Falcon Army.

When the fat man was inspecting the defensive line, he once walked by this high ground, a little desolate in the wild grass leaning on an old huge fortress, more than 300 meters long and wide, standing on a cliff, it is said that it was once a residence of the nobles called Agilent,

Over the centuries, the entire Agilent family has been lost to history, leaving only these castles built of solid stones on cliff walls. "Repair the original defensive measures?" The fat man looked at the position of Hukochili's finger, and suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, and he didn't know what he thought, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said in a condensed voice, "This method is good, the defensive line is too scattered, it is better to concentrate on strengthening it a little" The fat man stretched out his hand, and nodded heavily at a point that Hukochili had pointed to, "You can use these ancient castles as the core of the guard, form a separate defensive area, and set up Thor ...... in some locations."

The two were talking closely, "Bumper", there was a knock on the door of the conference room, "Come in" The fat man stopped his voice, raised his head and shouted, "Your Majesty, the news just sent from Xinhai City!" A guard pushed open the door of the conference room, holding a report in his hand, "It's the Dongting cavalry who has arrived!" The fat man took it and took a look, and suddenly showed a joy that could not be concealed,

30,000 steppe cavalry have just arrived in Xinhai City, although these steppe people who have never been on a boat vomit half dead one by one, but according to the tenacity of the steppe people, it will not take half a day to become full of vitality.

30,000 steppe cavalry who are good at long-range shooting, at least equal to more than 60,000 infantry combat power, which makes the fat man who feels that the strength of the army is not enough, finally has some comfort, even if it is a military god, in the face of the difference in military strength between the enemy and us to reach a ratio of two to one, it will also feel very headache, the flatness of the Rasti area, so that the two armies are already unavoidable. (To be continued......)