Chapter 1020 (1/2)
March southward from the fortress of duanjieshan - is this the long ears of Azores finally crazy, or their own auditory hallucination?
This was the first thought of the Earls of Byrne's thirteenth leader when they heard the official announcement of Loren Turin at the round table Parliament.
The stunned atmosphere made the round table hall as silent as an ice cave for a time.
”Cough, cough, cough... Dear sir... And ladies, no doubt, you heard right.” with two coughs, Loren took the lead in breaking the silence: ”the enemy has landed in gray water bay, with a total force of no less than 40000, and is definitely the best of the best.”
”Because their leader is the eagle king of the Azores.”
The voice fell, and dignified emotions immediately appeared on the faces of different colors around the round table.
Almost all of them had learned something about the battle of eboden from Eckert, Earl of fury castle; These proud Byrne Knights have felt a trace of fear because of the strength of the Azores Elven warriors.
If you don't compare riding combat and array confrontation, you can win one-to-one or even ten to ten... Is a difficult word to say.
How many troops does such an army need to defeat?
”The battle of eboden has proved that only with a sufficient number of cavalry can we have the absolute initiative in front of the Elven warriors.” the black haired wizard continued:
”For this reason, his majesty Connor I hopes that Byrne and Boye can send troops this time; salika Jonah... The female Archduke of Boye has promised to send 10000 troops, so the question now is how much Byrne should send troops?”
”Why can't the whole army attack?”
Almost at the same time when Loren finished, bosiwar, the count of qiaowang peak, who was only five years old, immediately got up and asked directly, ”the enemy is only 40000, and the red blood castle is now 100000 troops - as long as our whole army attacks, won't we win?”
This
The people in front of the round table looked at each other and hesitated.
”What's the matter?” the young ”little count bosival” was a little unhappy. ”What's wrong with me? Who can tell me?”
”No, you are absolutely right, your excellency bosivar.”
Glenwell, the smiling Earl of stormcastle, got up quickly and explained after looking at the dark haired Wizard:
”But the problem is that we can't let 100000 troops go to duanjieshan fortress.”
”Why?”
”The reasons are very complicated. There are many reasons - for example, it is difficult to provide supplies for such a large army in East Saxony right now, and logistics will seriously drag down the strength of the army; for example, duanjieshan fortress is not large, and it is impossible to accommodate 100000 troops;”
”More importantly, the commander of this war is emperor Conrad.” count Glenville said patiently: ”if Byrne sends 100000 troops, it is tantamount to opposing the guest and competing for the commander-in-chief power of the war with his majesty.”
Little bosival still didn't understand, and frowned slightly: ”well... We just have to resolutely obey the orders of the emperor's majesty, don't we?”
”Of course, but what if your majesty wants the Duke to stick to a fortress that must fall, and then take Byrne's army to another battlefield?” the count of Glenville asked, ”do we, who stick to the oath of loyalty to the Duke, want to watch the Duke die?”
”If not, doesn't it mean that the Duke's command is higher than the emperor?”
There was a contradictory look on the face of the little count bosival, and this degree of problem was beyond the scope of a five-year-old's thinking.
Lauren's face remained unchanged, but her heartbeat was not as calm as it was.
His words seemed to explain to little bosival, but they were actually for himself - the Byrne knight who kept his oath would not watch the Duke die; On the contrary, they all default that loyalty to themselves is higher than loyalty to the emperor.
This guy is ”showing loyalty” to himself in this way.
Aware of the dark haired wizard's eyes, Glenville, count of storm castle, turned his head and nodded and smiled at Loren.
The rest of the Earls were uneasy one by one - although they were not as straightforward as little bosival, their ideas were similar to him.
The whole army went north, let Byrne's flag fly over the fortress of duanjieshan, and proved their glory and Byrne's rise with a victory led by themselves.
But obviously, the Empire knew this, and would never give them such a chance; Because the rise of Byrne is due to the decline of East Saxony.
”But count bosiwar is right - at least send a sufficient number of troops, and we can't be underestimated by the Empire!”
Guy angert, the Earl of the mountain rock castle, knocked the table with the hilt of his sword: ”even the wounded Boye sent 10000 Hussars. That Bain can only be more, not less!”
”The war is a strategic deployment and intention, not a simple comparison of figures.” Ike, Earl of anger castle, scoffed at this attitude and calmly looked at the black haired Wizard:
”Duke, we must first find out what his majesty connord's goal is - to just hold the fortress of duanjie mountain, or to fight with the eagle king of Azores in the glacial wasteland?”
”If it is the former, I think after having 10000 hussars, Byrne only needs to mobilize about 2000 elite knights as in the last eboden war; no more is meaningless;”
”But if it is the latter, if the emperor intends to use this war to cheer up the hearts of the troops of the Empire...” count Ike paused slightly and said in a firm voice:
”I think we might as well mobilize as many troops as we can within the tolerable range - since we want to completely annihilate, we can't leave any backhand; we should strive to wipe out the enemy completely outside the glacier wasteland and the gate of the fortress!”
”50000 elite... I think it will be a more reasonable force.”
The voice fell, and the atmosphere around the round table was obviously boosted!
The Earl of fury castle, who has always been calm, also supported the dispatch of troops, especially excited those young earls who are eager to establish meritorious deeds; The last time Byrne mobilized the elite to go to war was the Centaur war three years ago, which has won them a lot of glory and praise.
And if compared with this ”Azores elf war”, the Centaur in the remote wilderness is hardly worthy of carrying shoes!
”If the war is dominated by Byrne, I am also in favor of organizing a battle to gain overall advantage over the enemy; but...”
With a helpless smile, Loren shook his head: ”emperor Conrad doesn't think so - the goal of this battle is to block the enemy's attack as much as possible in the fortress of duanjieshan; it's best to destroy the enemy, of course, not... We can only expect them to be destroyed by glacial wasteland.”
The words fell, and the young earls immediately showed a look of disappointment.
Compared with a war of ”garbage time” consumption in a similar game, which is doomed to be nothing to see, it is indeed a vigorous decisive battle, which is more in line with their appetite.