Chapter 318: Sudden situation (2/2)
“Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”Chu Tian carefully asked the little fox again, “How many enemies are there?”
The little fox gave a strong nod and used its claw to vigorously draw a circle, showing that the formation was very, very big.Then it pointed south, signifying that they should escape!
Meng Qingwu’s nerves became very tense, “Chu Tian, what do you think?”
“This little fellow usually isn’t reliable, but it wouldn’t lie in crucial situations.”Chu Tian’s face turned serious, “I’m afraid it’s true!”
Meng Qingwu was shocked and nervous.
This was completely unreasonable!
The War Hounds Tribe had already sent a four hundred thousand large army into Cang State!
To the various tribes of the War Hounds Tribes, this four hundred thousand large army was already a hard to muster army.How could they possibly send another one into the Imperial Region? It had to be known, the Imperial Region’s defenses were several times stronger than Cang State, so it was very difficult for the War Hounds to penetrate into the Imperial Region!
Could the War Hounds have already been unified?
Even if several tribes unite as one, it would be hard to cross these large city walls.After sending four hundred thousand soldiers to Cang State, how many people could they still send to attack the Imperial Region?Moveover, since they want to attack the Imperial Region, why did they need to send a portion to Cang State? Wouldn’t it be better to attack together?
Even if Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu did not understand war, they still had basic knowledge.The five frontline fortresses had six hundred thousand soldiers who were all elites of the Southern Summer Country.The War Hounds Tribe needed to send a higher amount of elites to even threaten the situation here.
The War Hounds Tribe were in a precarious situation.The War Hounds did not store many grains, so it was impossible for them to raise an army of a million!
No matter what, the matter of the War Hounds sudden surprise attack was a fact and this matter needed to be reported to the Southern Summer King and Dongfang Zhan.The frontline fortress had to prepare themselves ahead of time.
Chu Tian immediately went to find the Southern Summer King.
“What?!”
The Southern Summer King had just finished inspecting the five fortresses and was currently drinking tea in Dongfang Zhan’s office.When he heard this news, the teacup immediately fell down and shattered.
“The War Hounds want to surprise attack the Imperial Region?”The Southern Summer King was enraged, “Good, since they dare send themselves to death, then we’ll let them taste how strong our Southern Summer’s fortress garrison is!Dongfang Zhan, immediately prepare for battle!”
Dongfang Zhan did not need explanations.
Dongfang Zhan already felt that this was strange.Lately, there had been no reports from the scout outposts on the prairie, which was something that should not happen.Moreover, there has not been a single word from the scouts the Calm Martial Ruler placed in the prairies.
These were all clear signs that something had happened!
When the bells resounded in the fortress, all the soldiers within were mobilized.Several tens of thousands of soldiers entered firing slits and various crossbow carriages were prepared.The frontline fortress needed to deal with enemy attacks frequently, so they had already developed lightning fast reactive speeds.
Not to mention the fact that the little fox noticed the War Hounds army beforehand, giving them at least an extra two hours of time to prepare.This was enough to prepare any kind of defenses.
“The battlefield will be dangerous.For my king’s safety, my king should immediately be escorted back to Imperial City by the griffin knights!”
“Now that the entire frontline army knows that this king is here, but this king escaped when a large amount of enemies come, wouldn’t that destroy the army’s morale?Where would my face as the Southern Summer King go!” The Southern Summer King was not weak, “This king will personally watch over today’s battle, fighting against the War Hounds with the frontline soldiers!”
Although Dongfang Zhan wanted to advise him otherwise, but if the Southern Summer King did leave now, it would affect the king’s prestige.
The Southern Summer King was after all a True Spirit Expert.He could fight against a thousand cavalry by himself, so keeping himself safe was not an issue.Not to mention the fact that he has had a unit of powerful griffin knights guarding him. As well, with the enemy close by, evacuating was not considered safer than staying in the fortress.
Fine!
The war was more important!
Dongfang Zhan immediately began to deploy the troops!
When the iron fortress had made all their battle preparations.
Earth shattering drums came from the horizon.It was like thunder coming from storm clouds and made people feel very restrained.The War Hounds Tribe members were too many, stretching out over the prairies. From head to tail, they covered several miles, with their troops reaching the seven-eight hundred thousand mark!
When they saw the scale of the enemy, even Dongfang Zhan’s heart was filled with shock.
A kind of unlucky premonition suddenly enveloped the frontline fortress.
Four hundred thousand invested in Cang State and eight hundred thousand sent in the Imperial Region.
These two armies added up to a total of one million and two hundred thousand people!
A one million and two hundred thousand army was enough to bring great danger to the frontline fort, so why did the War Hounds Tribe send four hundred thousand to Cang State?There was only one reason, the War Hounds Tribe thought eight hundred thousand was enough to attack the Imperial Region!
That’s right!
Not attack the fortress, but attacking the Imperial Region!
The six hundred thousand soldiers in the frontline fortress was for guarding against a portion of the enemy and Imperial City could quickly send reinforcements which was namely the Storm Cavalry.If it was an urgent situation, the Calm Martial Ruler could lead the Storm Cavalry to provide support.
The goal of the War Hounds attacking Cang State was not to attack Cang State City or even to destroy the breeding farms.They just simply wanted to lure the tiger from its mountain!
In the entire Southern Summer Country, the only one the War Hounds feared was the Calm Martial Ruler.
There was a total of five hundred cavalry soldiers in the northern Southern Summer Country, with a hundred thousand stationed at the iron wall, two hundred thousand in Cang State, and two hundred thousand in Imperial City.These five hundred thousand soldiers reacted very quickly, being able to provide reinforcement no matter where the attack was. This was what the War Hounds were most worried about.
When the War Hounds attacked Cang State, the Calm Martial Ruler left with Imperial City’s Storm Cavalry for Cang State.Combined with the two hundred thousand cavalry in Cang State, they annihilated the four hundred thousand War Hound cavalry.
The War Hounds Tribe used four hundred thousand cavalry to tie down the Calm Martial Ruler and four hundred thousand Southern Summer cavalry!
With the two quick reacting forces unable to leave and the strongest Southern Summer general, the Calm Martial Ruler being tied down, the War Hounds’ goal had been achieved.
With the four hundred thousand cavalry being trapped in Cang State, the frontline fortress could not receive any timely support and the War Hounds now had ten days.They would use those ten days to break through the fortress and enter into the Imperial Region!
When Dongfang Zhan understood the War Hounds Tribe’s intentions, that deep unsettled feeling became even stronger.Dongfang Zhan had fought the War Hounds for over fifty years and this kind of strategy was impossible to appear in the War Hounds who were lax in discipline.For this kind of unusual behaviour, how could one not be shocked?