Chapter 1281: The Holy Land of Decisive Battle
Those who make such surprise sighs are undoubtedly the noble lords of various countries and some knowledgeable people, and of course, the rulings of neighboring countries. Their identities determine that they have a higher vision and vision than ordinary people.
Although the incident suddenly happened, I was a little confused when I saw the move of Fortonmar and Prince Telres at first, and thought that they chose to retreat and defend because they were afraid of the joint efforts of the Salanka Empire. Although they would have some defensive advantages after entering the city, they were at a disadvantage in morale, which was not a wise move for the decisive battle.
However, as they gained deeper understanding of Fortonmar and Prince Telres, they gradually became suspicious of their own speculation, because in their opinion, even themselves would not make such a mistake. It was really suspicious to appear on these two people. After some serious thought, they suddenly discovered the main reason.
Although they have been in war, it has been two years since the beginning of the war with the previous Holy Falcon Alliance. Although the strong fighting spirit of the barbarian warriors allowed them to withstand this test, they were still very proud after facing various setbacks, and even after the king was killed as a large number of noble lords, for them who were relatively backward in the production economy, people's living standards have declined directly.
Finally, they could have survived the most difficult year due to the civil strife of the Holy Falcon League, but when everyone thought the opportunity was too much, Prince Telres forced into the Salanka Empire. Although they failed to conquer the royal court in one fell swoop, they captured many town territories as they were close.
I originally thought that these two people were war madmen, and they did this just because of their wariness. But now I think about it, they had already planned to occupy so many town territories when the food and grass harvest was bumper in autumn, but they deliberately drove the barbarian civilians here to the rear of the Salanka Empire. After another cold winter consumption, the food and grass needed for people to live will definitely be even short of.
Later, in order to deal with these two people, the Salanka Empire decided to concentrate a large number of local troops in the holy land and prepare for a final battle with them. However, they did not know that in addition to the increase in strength, the consumption of materials also followed. The daily consumption here is undoubtedly even greater. Not to mention the expenditure in the royal court, it is just the daily consumption of the great nobles and lords who gave up their own territory to lead troops to the safety of the royal court and entrenched in this holy land. After careful consideration, it is also an astronomical figure.
Needless to say, the barbarians' bravery on the battlefield, but the millions of warriors, coupled with the consumption of countless residents in the Salanka Empire's royal court, will cause big problems if the supply cannot be provided.
What's more, in people's opinion, this situation may be better if it occurs in other races. For example, humans and elves have a small appetite and abide by order. Those in power can still control it. Even the demons and the races in the underground world, although they are not orderly, they are equally arrogant and rude, and even a bit evil, have extremely strict superior-level and subordinate-level relationships. As long as the leader is present, they can suppress them through bloody wrists.
However, in addition to being amazing intake, the barbarians are naturally disobeying discipline. In addition, although they belong to the same empire, they are mostly divided into groups and tribes. Once there are problems with food and grass, the situation will undoubtedly be very serious.
At this moment, they woke up. It turned out that the legendary Duke Fortonmar and Prince Telres, although they seemed aggressive, had been planning for this decisive battle in private, including the action of forcibly choosing the opportunity to enter last year, and in the process, rushing a large number of civilians to the rear of Salanka.
Even in their opinion, just as they took the opportunity to warn others not long ago on the grounds of bloodshed the city of neighboring countries, they suddenly launched a straight-line attack, causing the last batch of lords of the city to lead their troops into the holy land in a hurry, to prevent these cities from transporting food and grass safely over.
This final battle that concerns the fate of the Salanka Empire was just the beginning, but in fact it had begun last year. However, people did not notice it. After seeing this clearly, it was too late.
Sure enough, the joint forces of the Salanka Empire's Royal Court, after seeing the moves of Fortonmar and Prince Telres, seemed to foreshadow this point.
When the latter faced the attack of the Salanka Empire coalition, in addition to resisting for a day or two, before the opponent's main legion came, he directly withdrew from the city and rushed towards the next moment to approach the city, which clearly showed the rhythm of dragging the opponent.
Looking at the cities that were rejected by the fire after the withdrawal of the Fortonmar and Prince Telres, the people couldn't help but sigh slightly at this time.
Because of the importance of this battle, I thought it would be a fierce and even a battle that could be recorded in history, but at this time people were shocked to find that the battle in this area dazzled them a little.
The Salanka Empire is still crazy. With the momentum of millions of warriors going on a war, they are like giant elephants in a madness, desperately chasing the enemy in front of them, trying to trample them into pieces.
When facing such a decisive battle, they not only did not increase their troops, but surprisingly withdrew nearly half of their troops, and divided the remaining troops into several legions again, just like two adult lions, looking around the elephant with their own lion groups, using their strength speed and level advantages to constantly eliminate the vanguard of the Salanka Empire or the tribal legion that deviated from the main force.
Although we know the current situation of the Isaranka Empire, in addition to annihilation of the invading Prince Fordumar and Prince Terres, even if we go back to the holy land, we are just waiting for destruction, what people did not expect was that the impact of food and grass on them would be so serious. Just over a dozen days later, some nearby empires have discovered that chaos was occurring in the royal court coalition of the Saranka Empire.
Thinking about it, I just experienced a comprehensive battlefield that I had not encountered in decades, and was stolen in the second year of the harvest of food and grass. In addition, a large number of civilians were driven to a smaller range and survived a long winter. With the relatively backward production economy of the barbarians, it is not easy to support it until now.
As for some people who think that the teleportation array in the royal court can bring some food and grass back, but first of all, not to mention the habits of the barbarians, the target city of their teleportation array is limited, and even in the cities where they can teleport, there is enough food and grass to sell them. But first of all, any teleportation array is not infinitely teleported, not to mention that the barbarians' understanding of space magic will only be smaller.
Although this method can indeed bring back some food and grass, compared with the millions of warriors near the royal court at this time, not to mention the number of ordinary barbarian civilians who are far more than many times larger. It is obviously impossible to transport food and grass to protect everyone by relying solely on the teleportation array.
The chaos came so quickly. With the arrival of various intelligences, just a few days later, this chaos had affected the entire battle situation. When they received a tip that a tribal group withdrew from the Salanka coalition overnight, people couldn't help but sigh, understanding that the Salanka side was already out of the way.
In addition to the town territories that had been occupied when they came before, with the division of troops between Fordumar and Prince Telres, all the cities near the holy land were in a mess. When the first tribe group withdrew from the royal court coalition, this phenomenon spread like a plague. In the following days, lords who arrived chose to escape one after another.
The brave barbarian warriors! They will not be afraid of even a life-and-death battle! But letting them starve to death is something that they can't accept instinctively. What's more, in so many days without any results, and even a little boring pursuit, seeing the powerlessness of the new successor king, only caring about the royal army, especially the worship of those divine envoys, although they dare not protest, their morale and confidence suffered serious setbacks.
As time went by, this war that concerns the fate of the Salanka Empire finally broke out. Although for the sake of his own dignity, the Salanka royal court at this time still gave up his already unlucky defensive war and his not-so-solid defensive fortifications, like many famous barbarian battles, and chose the location in the open area about seventy miles in front of the royal court.
But in terms of number of people, there were only less than one million left in this royal court legion. Not to mention the previous noble legion of the country that came to support, there were nowhere to be seen. Even people remember that the original force of this royal court seemed to be more than so many.
What they faced was an elite legion with hundreds of thousands more people than them after the gathering of Fortonmar and Prince Telres. For those who were always paying attention to the situation here, they couldn't help but sigh after seeing all this.
At the beginning of the decisive battle! Fang Zhan of the battle was as everyone imagined. Facing the sides of Fordumar and Prince Telres, who had an absolute advantage in terms of quantity and level, the Salanka Empire Royal Court Legion had no power to resist. Although they relied on the madness from instinct, they rushed into the invaders' legion first, but what awaited them was a bloody massacre.
However, what everyone unexpected was that in this very passive and even somewhat tragic situation, when the core forces were dispatched from the Salanka Royal Legion, it not only resisted the powerful offensive of the legions of the two sides of Fortonmar and Prince Telres, but also seemed to gradually occupy the initiative on the battlefield.
Chapter completed!