Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 717 Chain Reaction
On December 12, two days after Amasir's army recaptured Pakri.

In the direction of St. Heitel, the good news of the Second Army reached Parkri.

"The Second Army, accompanied by the Fifth Army of St. Hytel's garrison, attacked the Second Army of Hirarili and its accompanying army from inside and outside. The total number of troops participating in the battle was nearly [-]. After two days of fierce fighting, they successfully drove back the Ao San Emma Army. Adelaide Sea!"

The battle report spread throughout the main camp amidst the joyous voices of the messengers, and all the soldiers sitting in the tents showed joyful expressions.

It is of course important to recapture Parkri, prevent the Osanta Emmas from successfully deploying their teleportation circle, and establish a base camp on the territory of La Rochelle, but it is also important for them to relieve the pressure on St. Hytel's side. very critical.

St. Hytel stationed the main force of the Fifth Army, and half of the 2-strong army was stationed at this most important pivot point in the Adler region.Because of this, the troops that the Osanta Emmas used to besiege St. Hytel were also large in number.

The garrison of the Fifth Army, together with the reinforcements of the Second Army, and the two sides each invested about [-] troops in this St. Hytel support operation, is undoubtedly the largest battle since the start of the war.

And such a large-scale frontal battle was actually announced by the victory of La Rochelle. Compared with the "quiet" defeat of the people of Ao San Emma in the previous few battles, this battle was bloody and tragic. The momentum is huge, spreading the news will undoubtedly boost La Rochelle's morale.

However, it was such good news. When Cyril's eyes fell on Atsk's face, he found that the joy on the latter's face gradually disappeared, replaced by frowning.

Immediately afterwards, the de facto marshal of the Amasir army stood up and asked in a jubilant voice, "What about the battle damage?"

"Battle damage?" The messenger was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Atzke explain: "How many people were killed in the Fifth Army and the Second Army, and how many Austrian Saint Emma troops were annihilated? How many of the legion's troops are noble private troops?"

"I, I don't know..." The orderly replied blankly, "But Your Excellency Angers, is this important?"

"If that's not important, I can't think of anything more important."

Azike's face was cold, and he reached out and tapped on the table twice.The generals who realized that Atsk was not joking immediately put away their smiles, then calmed down, and began to think about the deep meaning of Atsk's words.

"Where will the flagship of O'Santa Emma be? Which sea area will it choose to stay in? Will it be Parkri, Dumen, or Middenbrand?"

"No." After the silence, most of the generals replied.

"Their flagship is in the waters outside St. Hytel, and that 'Rowell Oberian' is on the flagship. He can receive news from the troops besieging St. Hytel at any time. They still have extra troops to Support at any time, as the central axis of command, two days is enough to dispatch Dumen and Middenbrand's troops to support—"

"But why, they didn't do that, but let our Second Army and Fifth Army win?"

There seemed to be light shining in Azike's eyes, and every word was resounding: "Don't forget, our original battle plan was to support St. Heitel as soon as possible after we captured Parker—"

Why support St. Hytel?Because this battle will be very difficult.In their expectation, it was just to send the Ao San Emma army to the coastal plain east of St. Heiter to ease the siege of St. Heiter.

And now?The siege of St. Hytel has been completely lifted, and those people from Al St. Emma have been driven overboard and fled back to the ship in desperation——

Does that sound like a mission well overdue?Is it an absolute victory?

But if you think about it and analyze it carefully, you will understand that the Second Army moved in a way that exceeded the original plan, and they chose to pursue the Ao San Emma people.Perhaps it was because of the miserable defeat of the people of Osanta Emma, ​​or maybe it was for other reasons. Anyway, it was created by the commander of the Second Legion, Yarlin Amy, and the leader of the Fifth Legion, Gerald Wharton. There was a feeling of "this wave of casual fights, we are invincible".

But actually?
After two days of fierce fighting, the plain was stained with blood.

The glorious feat of repelling the Orsan Emma and driving them back to sea was based on the premise that the pursuit of the Second Army and the Fifth Army caused great damage.

When this inference was slowly put forward by Atzke, almost everyone's backs were covered with goosebumps and shuddered.

"The people of San Emma are selling, just like we are fighting Parkri, hoping to separate the people of San Emma from inside and outside the city. Fight head-on—”

"It seems that the Fifth Legion of the Second Legion is chasing the Ao San Emma people, but in fact it is the Ao San Emma people who have held back the Fifth Legion of the Second Legion and forced us to exchange heads with them."

"So, the battle damage of St. Hytel is very important, and the casualties of the people of St. Emma are also extremely important."

The messenger left the barracks and hurried back to St. Heitel to ask the two legion commanders for statistics on the results of the battle.

There was silence in the barracks, and there was no longer a trace of joy in the atmosphere.

"So...Anges, what do you think the people of Old San Emma will do next?"

"Just as we thought before, because the Second Army supported St. Heitel, they will turn their offensive target to St. Heitel, and concentrate the forces that besieged Dumen and Middenbrand to St. Heiter. .”

"It's the same now."

"Originally, after the crisis of the siege of St. Heitel was lifted, the Second Army plus the Fifth Army had a total of 3 people, and they may have to deal with the attack of a total of 6 people after the concentration of the O'Santa Emma troops."

"Now they are chasing the Ao San Emma by themselves, and they themselves have suffered heavy casualties-let's assume that they exchanged heads one-to-one with the Ao San Emma army, and there are 5000 people left on both sides, then St. Hytel With a garrison of 5000 men, we will withstand an attack of 5000 men."

"With sufficient troops outside the city, the former can form a defense layout inside and outside the city, while the latter has been cut in half because the troops outside the city have been cut in half, and the defense line outside the city is not stable-do you think the former is easier to defend, or Is the latter easier to defend?"

Atzke succinctly presented his own analysis, once again pointing out the most critical factors of La Rochelle's decline in the Adler battlefield:

They are few.

Cyril was silent for a moment, and then asked, "How many days will it take for the Fourth Army and the Third Army to arrive?"

"Many of them were transferred from northern Xinjiang for support. The leading cavalry unit can arrive within five days at the earliest, but the follow-up infantry unit is estimated to take half a month."

The northern border of La Rochelle has always been under pressure from the undead. Before the outbreak of the Amasir war, the kingdom's key garrison direction was all in the north.

That is to say, a few months ago, Anastasia Herman convened a meeting with the heads of the various legions, and mentioned that they should pay attention to the invasion of the Eastern Ao San Emma. Otherwise, these legions must move more slowly.

But in the final analysis, it was the newly developed technology of the Orsan Emma that showed its fangs in this war—space teleportation, which caused Amasir’s first line of defense, Adelaide Sea, to fall directly, and its first line of defense. The second line of defense, the Adler area, was raised as the first line of defense.

Everything has a chain reaction.

Although La Rochelle was prepared, it can only be said that the tricks used by the people of St. Emma were still beyond the scope of preparation of the people of La Rochelle. The first step in the math test is advanced mathematics.

"We still have to support St. Heitel as originally planned to fight this frontal war." Atzke said after thinking, "The good news is that the strength of St. Emma's troops has also been damaged, but it is limited to Loss——Unless the Second Army and the Fifth Army fight hard enough to fight off enough of the regular army of the Second Army of the Second Army, it will still be a loss for us just to kill some noble private troops."

"The remaining garrison of the wall of the sea must also be transferred to St. Haitel. Let the wall of the sea be on standby. Confirm that the people of Ao San Emma intend to fight us in St. Hytel, then all of them will be thrown into the frontal battlefield. "

Cyril sighed: "I can only be thankful that only the Hilariliar Legion led by Rowell Oberian is here, and Io Velos is not here—"

When he said this, he suddenly froze.

Ossa Emma invested far more troops than expected at the beginning of the war, which made him ignore such important things from time to time——

On the list asked by the people of Osan Emma, ​​the marshal of this Osan Emasian army was Io Velos, and Rowell Oberian appeared on the list as the deputy and deputy marshal.

But one month into the war, the only ones who appeared on the battlefield were Rowell Oberian and the Hilaria Legion led by him, as well as the private army of the nobles of the west of Saint Emma.

Where is their marshal, Io Velos?What about the troops led by Io Velos?

Where have they gone?
The more Cyril thought about it, the colder he felt, the feeling of suddenly discovering that the opponent's second position was missing during the fierce laning in this disadvantaged lane made him feel like a thorn in his back.

"Where's the map... No, where's our sand table, the sand table made in Fort Manderks?"

A huge sand table was laid out in the center of the barracks, and the thumbnail of Amasir's terrain was so intuitively presented in front of everyone.Now the forces are concentrated in the Adler area along the coast of the Adlai Sea, where there are densely packed red and blue chess pieces representing the forces of both sides.

"If Io Veros were to enter, where would they come from?"

Is it across the Nora corridor, facing the natural family and the black forest all the way, and running over from the direction of the forest?
Or go north and go around, pass Palania, which has a good relationship with Saint Emma, ​​from the territory of the Vader family, and go south to Cyril's lair, Siliki?
Or is it to bring another sea ship over and go directly to the frontal battlefield in the Adler area?

Where will they come from?

Three bright red arrows were marked on the sand table, each of which was like an arrow shooting towards the heart, which was shocking.

"How many troops will they have? How violent will the offensive be? How long can our troops in the rear hold?"

Cyril closed his eyes tightly, clapped his hands together violently, and the applause resounded throughout the barracks.

"Okay." He looked at the generals who looked up at him, and said seriously:
"I mentioned Io Velos just not to forget that there is a potential powerful enemy."

"The important thing is to win the current battle."

"If you can't defeat the Austrian Saint Emma in front of you, you will have no chance to meet the new Austrian Saint Emma troops." Meng Feila said in a low voice.

"That's the reason." Cyril put his palms together again, "The armies go back to pack their luggage and prepare to move to St. Hytel—"

"Master Marquis, do we still need to destroy Parkri?" A general asked.

"Is there still a need to destroy Pakri?" Cyril asked back with a smile, "Life and death are all in the battle at Saint Hytel."

"Losing, Adler's door is open, which city of St. Heitel, Dumen, and Middenbrand can't be used as the base camp of the people of St. Emma?"

"And if it's a win, Parker, is it still possible to fall into their hands?"

He stepped forward, patted the general on the shoulder, and said loudly, "The meeting is over!"

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Photios opened his eyes.

His gray hair and beard disappeared completely, and the luxurious bishop's robe on his body was in tatters. Sparks jumped on the holes where the thick robe was burned, and the cold wind blowing a few flakes of fly ash from time to time.

Thick chains were firmly wrapped around the skinny arms, and they were bound to the pitch-black pillars.Thick black nails pierced into his torso and chest, and every breath he took would cause severe pain.

He spat out a mouthful of bruised blood forcefully, and because of this movement, his whole body felt an uncontrollable sharp pain.As a result, his vision was dimmed, and he could only vaguely see the figure sincerely bowing his head in front of the tall Danya statue in front of him.

"Nicole..."

The negotiation broke down—although the negotiation failed to even start, the moment Photios lost consciousness in the church, he knew clearly that the mission he shouldered had failed.

He didn't know why the bishop of St. Emma's Primordial Church, who stood at the highest position and was on an equal footing with Emperor St. Emma's, would do such a thing.No matter how tense the relationship between the two parties is, no matter what the current battle between Saint Emma and La Rochelle is, at least he, as the bishop of the Primordial Church stationed in La Rochelle, should receive corresponding etiquette on the face of it.

He stared at the figure, and suddenly his pupils shrank——

In front of Nicole, streaks of gray mist were filling up, under the skirt of the statue of the primordial god Danya whom he revered so much.

"Nicole..."

He made a weak sound, and the figure turned around, his entire face seemed to be shrouded in shadow.

(End of this chapter)