Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 79 The Return of the White Queen

With the arrival of the main forces of the two armies of Nilfgaard and Aden, the area where the Burning God Tower was located immediately became a cruel battlefield.

The stragglers, rangers and even guerrillas on both sides clashed non-stop, infiltration and reverse osmosis continued, not to mention various large and small offensives.

Both the Aedirians and the Nilfgaardians were fighting for every point on the front line that was worth fighting for, and the killing could be said to be endless.

People are dying all the time, seeing each other all the time, and hordes of corpse-eating monsters are constantly being attracted, which makes the cruelty of this place worse. This is the current normal state of this place.

Now in this area, as long as you leave the barracks, you may be attacked by enemies or corpse-eating monsters, which shows the degree of chaos.

It is impossible for ordinary people to survive in such an environment, so soon they all either fled, or turned into corpses, and finally joined the army to seek asylum.

In such a battle, the people of Aden had a slight upper hand. Naturally, the most important thing in this kind of raid was the cavalry, and whoever had more cavalry had the upper hand.

And now the Duke Protector has a large number of lightly armored but high-quality cavalry in his hands. They are suitable for being thrown into such a harassment battle.

These Cossacks and nomads are indeed good at this kind of battle. They used the technique of cavalry and archery to make the Nilfgaardian cavalry miserable. Now the Nilfgaardian cavalry is ordered to stand firm in the face of harassment from cavalry archers. So they were frantically prostituted by the cavalry archers of the Aden army.

It's just that you have to be lucky if you want to shoot a fully armed Nilfgaardian tin can. After all, the armor of the men in black is so good, but you only need to shoot one to make money.

However, neither of the two armies is willing to take the initiative to advance and issue a challenging posture, and they are patiently waiting for the opposite side to attack.

So everyone was digging the soil while waiting, repairing the fortifications better and better, waiting for the other side to take the initiative to bump into them.

Herme adopted this strategy in consideration of the high proportion of new recruits in his troops and their poor combat effectiveness. Anyway, the Nilfgaardians are the attacking side, so I am not afraid that they will not attack.

Adal, on the other hand, was very cautious considering whether Herme on the opposite side would have any tricks, and they still had equipment that needed time to prepare.

It was also under such circumstances that the two sides continued to confront each other day by day.

On the one hand, the stragglers from all walks of life were fighting in full swing outside, and on the other hand, the main forces of both sides were digging wildly in their respective positions. I have to say that this scene looked quite humorous.

Herme and Adal would curse a few times almost every day, why is the barbarian/Nifgaardian on the opposite side not attacking, it would be great if you took the initiative to attack and bump into him, come and smash your head.

After scolding, the two people continued to ask the people below to dig the ground, just to see who couldn't sit still with the other side.

Under such circumstances, the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the two armies also began to weaken. They were preparing for a big battle, but the two sides confronted each other here.

There were rumors about the war every day, but the result was that there was no war every day.

In this way, no matter how strong the morale was, it was wiped out.

Just when the two sides were about to squat down like this to see who could squat to the end, a message from Livia broke the current deadlock.

"Queen Miwei is currently besieging Livia City? And Prince Wilm has already joined her siege with half of Livia anyway?"

Hearing this news, Herme subconsciously stood up excitedly.

This is heavyweight news that can change the entire situation of the battle.

And the generals around him were not much better, all of them were extremely excited, especially Selchik, who seemed to be about to jump up.

No wonder they were so excited, if Queen Miwei took the city of Livia, the Nilfgaardian army in front of her would definitely be severely shaken.

It will definitely be much easier for them to win next time.

"Yes, Queen Mivi is on her way to Livia."

The envoy kneeling on the ground was from Mi Wei's army. Looking at the scar on his face, he knew that this person had experienced many battles, and there were probably many bloody battles among them.

On his chest is the Rivia arms, three red diamonds in a triangle on a white ground.

When mentioning the queen's victory, the messenger's face showed a proud color.

Which northern monarch can have such a legend as Mi Wei. After being driven out of the country and the neighboring countries suffered heavy losses, they staged a return of the king by collecting robbers, mercenaries and remnants of the army.

This messenger has been following Queen Mivi since she escaped from prison, and walked with the Queen through the flames of war in Aedirn, the mountains of Mahakam, and the swamps of Anglin. Naturally, he has his own pride.

"Now the nobles and people of Livia are actively participating in Queen Mivi's army. When the news of the Queen's return arrives, one town after another joins the Queen's cause. Even Prince Wilm has already joined his army. Mother reconciled. And the Nilfgaardian garrison failed wave after wave. In the face of our queen's defeat, the queen liberated many slave camps and castles. Now, the queen has more than 1 soldiers, and these [-] people are enough to take back Li Via City!"

"Lord Selchik."

After hearing the message, Herme immediately called out Selchik's name.

And Selchik immediately stood up. He also realized the important impact of this news, and also thought of what Herme planned to let him do.

"Immediately deploy five times more scouts to monitor the actions of the Nilfgaardians. If there is any change, report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

Selchik immediately turned around to carry out the task. He was not dissatisfied because Herme asked him to do such a small matter in person. On the contrary, Herme's arrangement was very appropriate. Such an important matter should be done by him. .

Right now, it is time to keep an eye on the Nilfgaardians to see if they have any changes, so that one can attack according to the actions of the Nilfgaardians.

"Then, I believe that Queen Mi Wei sent you here definitely not just to announce good news."

After Selchik left, Herme looked at the Livia messenger.

As he said, it is absolutely impossible for Queen Miwei to send this envoy just to announce the good news, and it must be to ask Aiden to do something.

"So please tell me what Queen Meeve needs Aden to do."

"The Queen has only one request."

Once again the messenger bowed in homage, and spoke of their queen's request,

"Please ask the Aedirn army to keep the pressure on the Nilfgaardian army. That's all. Queen Mivi doesn't ask the Aedirn army to fight the Nilfgaardian army. The choice of this matter is in your hands, Lord Protector." .”

The corner of Herme's mouth turned upwards. This Her Majesty the Queen is very smart. This is exactly what a smart person should say.

There is no pressure to maintain pressure on the Nilfgaardians. As long as the Adenites maintain their existence, it is enough to deter Nilfgaard. This is what he intended to do.

As for whether to start a war or not, if there is a suitable fighter or the Nilfgaardian jumps over the wall in a hurry, how can they not go to war.

Come to think of it, Mi Wei planned to contain the Nilfgaardians in this way, and then to see if the Adenians could defeat the main force of the Eastern Army.

If the main force of the Eastern Group Army is defeated, and the current Nilfgaardian army's rear route is cut off, then the destruction of the Eastern Group Army is certain, and the entire northern strategic form will be reversed instantly.

"Please tell Queen Miwei that this is not a problem. I hope her attack on Livia can be successfully completed. May Livia and the Kingdom of Leiria disperse the black sun in the sky as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much for your congratulations."

After the envoy left, Herme subconsciously felt complacent.

He was thinking now, those Nilfgaardians should probably be like ants on a hot pot right now.

Thinking that the arrogant duke had to put on a disgusting look of eating flies, Herme couldn't help but feel proud.

He still remembered the letter from Adal Aip Darcy, which was full of all kinds of eccentricities and bitter words.

Although Herme threw it away at a glance, and asked a dwarf to write a letter to "repay", but he was still very angry when he thought about it.

Next, Herme heard cheers resounding through the barracks outside the tent.

The news about Livia has been spread. This is good news, and it is the good news that should be spread, so almost everyone is spreading it.

Everyone cheered for this victory, whether it was warriors hungry for loot, or mercenaries who were dragged into the battlefield, because they knew that it meant that the initiative was now in their hands, which meant that they were now closer to victory. up.

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As Herme expected, the situation on the Nilfgaardian side is very bad right now, very bad, it can be said to be extremely bad.

The news of Livia's attack was fatal, because that city was stuck in the main route of the empire's food supply to the north.

If the northerners blocked this road, it is conceivable that the Nilfgaardian army would be affected, so the news spread like a whirlwind, and soon the entire barracks knew what happened in the rear.

The generals of Nilfgaard actually reacted very quickly to this, and issued a password ban the moment they received the news, but they still couldn't stop the flow of news.

After all, this is a matter that concerns everyone in this army.

The biggest morale pillar of an army is undoubtedly food. Now that there is such a big problem with food, the people of Nilfgaard can be said to be in a mess.

The rumors became more and more outrageous, from "Queen Meewe besieged Livia" to "Queen Meewe recovered her country" to "Queen Meewe led the entire northern army to cut off their retreat", The impact of this news on the army in black can be seen.

The generals saw that the ban was useless, and soon, teams of Nilfgaardian military police stationed in the barracks, punched all those who interfered and spread the news, and some people were dragged to the square to be whipped at every turn.

This is of course a temporary solution, not the root cause. The news is still circulating among the soldiers, that is, the channel of transmission has become a little more concealed, and the situation of panic still exists.

But at least on the surface, it doesn't look so panicky, which actually achieves the effect. It is very effective to prevent things from being talked about publicly.

But the premise is that the stability can be maintained. If it cannot be maintained, something will happen. Right now, there is still enough food in the Nilfgaard barracks, so blocking the mouth can be useful.

Therefore, the problem still needs to be solved. If it is not solved, it will explode sooner or later.

Next, the commanders of the Nilfgaardian army opened a meeting to discuss how to solve this problem.

"I think we can just send some cavalry troops over there. Livia Castle is a strong fortress, and it is not so easy to conquer. As long as the cavalry arrives, they will attack the rear of the besieging army. The bandits gathered by Mi Wei The army will be wiped out immediately, and those restless regions will surrender immediately. Duke Adal, I am willing to lead the army to Livia to solve this so-called 'White Queen'."

The White Queen is the nickname Mivi gained during guerrilla warfare in the rear of Nilfgaard. Livia's flag has a white background, which is the opposite of Nilfgaard's black background.

Coupled with Mi Wei's record of continuous victories, it is natural to have such a nickname.

Especially among the Livians, Mi Wei was also the messenger sent by the gods to fight against the Nilfgaardian invaders.

It was Gwama who recommended himself to Adal in this way. The brigade commander of the Wind Tower Brigade has changed a lot after losing the battle.

Even the aura of a dandy has subsided a lot, the whole person is not so arrogant, and he obeys the drill code more, but the fanaticism for war still exists there.

All he can think about now is how to make himself avenge himself. The series of attacks carried out by their brigade before did not go well, which made him quite annoyed.

Now there is another opportunity to make meritorious service, so he must seize it.

In Adal's eyes, his performance was downright stupid, but since he volunteered to join the army, he has become synonymous with idiot to Adal.

As a member of the ancient family of Nilfgaard, instead of thinking about how to make good use of the power in hand, he went to fight on the battlefield himself, and personally became the pawns of those who were manipulated to fight. It's disgraceful.

It's like Sandor who was doing intelligence, ha, that guy vowed to kill Herme, but he didn't kill anything, and now he fled back to the mainland of the empire in desperation.

"I don't think this is appropriate. After all, Mi Wei was able to maintain her army as an organization under rounds of siege and pursuit by the imperial army. I remember that we and the Central Army had almost assembled a division-level regiment before. The troops were dispatched to set up a trap in Anglin, but Mi Wei managed to escape and burned all the wood used to build the logistics fleet. If a force from the Wind Tower Brigade goes to support, I seriously doubt it Not Mi Wei's opponent. Duke Adal, Livia is really important. If we lose it, the front line will be affected immediately, and our rear will immediately become a war zone. I suggest that the whole army retreat to solve the problem. Regarding Mi Wei’s question, make sure the rear is safe before proceeding.”

It was William who spoke, and what he was referring to was the plan to use Earl Caldwell, the main hero of Livia's defection, as bait to lure Mi Wei to come to bite the hook.

It's just that this plan was successful, and Mi Wei was lured in, but Mi Wei still fought her way out, severely hitting the imperial army.

The old general's thoughts are undoubtedly considered from the safest point of view, and the retreat of the entire army is undoubtedly the safest.

Relying on the old to sell the old dog, this is A'dal's idea, and he is still very angry. If the whole army returns to help now, wouldn't it be a joke that I have tossed and launched this offensive for so long.

Of course, although he was full of disdain for the two generals who spoke back and forth, on the surface, our Duke Adal was still smiling and listened to these suggestions very seriously.

Controlling one's emotions and acting as a good actor is an ability that everyone in the Nilfgaardian court has. Those who don't know how to wear a mask have long been killed.

Although his heart was full of disdain, Adal was still seriously considering these two suggestions.

Because the city of Livia is really important, it is stuck on the most important logistics channel of the Eastern Group Army, if it is lost, the Eastern Group Army's supply team can only take a long detour, and the consumption during the period will be several times directly. The likelihood of an attack has also increased significantly.

Moreover, as the capital of Livia and the United Kingdom of Leiria, if it is lost there, there will definitely be rebellions throughout Livia, and it will directly become a major war zone, and the imperial army will be very, very passive.

As for directly attacking Livia, the castle is located on a lake, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to attack the city, you must first cross the wide river before the castle's firepower.

If it wasn't for forcing the Livians to hand it over through political offensives, Adal would not have the confidence to take it in a short time.

If the Aden army is pressing forward while besieging Livia, the Eastern Group Army may be wiped out under the front and rear attacks.

If only one cavalry was sent there, and then the cavalry was defeated by Mi Wei, Queen Livia still took down the city of Livia and blocked the logistics. Adal could only retreat, and he would be easily wiped out by the Aedian people on the way back. The Eastern Group Army was still wiped out.

For so many years in the empire, it has been a long, long time since the group army was destroyed.

If such a thing really happened, Adal Aip Daxi would undoubtedly become the existence crucified on the pillar of shame of the Nilfgaard Empire, which was something he could not accept.

For a political creature, this is proper death.

Adal is really at a loss now, no matter how he thinks about it, he feels inappropriate.

So he has been thinking there, hesitating about how to decide.

Unknowingly, sweat appeared on A'dal's forehead, which shows that he is currently emotionally tense, and the sense of superiority that exists all the time seems to have disappeared now.

When he realized this, he was taken aback, and quickly wiped off the sweat with his delicate towel.

Damned savages!To put him in such an embarrassing situation!I might as well face Foltest and Vizmir.

Thinking of it this way, A'dal now regrets that his use of the Eastern Group Army has something to do with it. He never imagined that this battle would turn out like this.

All the generals at the moment saw A'dal's posture, and everyone took it very seriously. After all, the scene in front of him was very rare. Under such a huge pressure, A'dal could no longer wear the fake mask. noodle.

Some people are gloating. It's really cool that that bastard who is always full of arrogance and eccentricity is here today.

Some people have nothing to do with themselves. How he decides has nothing to do with him. He is only executing orders and has no responsibility at all.

Some are very worried about Adal's decision. His current choice will determine the future of the [-] soldiers of the Eastern Army, as well as the future of them.

With so many gazes on him, A'dal felt even more stressed. He continued to think, trying to find a perfect method.

At this moment, a man dressed as a Nilfgaardian engineer walked in.

The guards didn't stop him, but let him in, because Adal has been asking the engineers to make something, something very important.

After the engineer saluted the lords, he came to Adal and whispered something in the Duke's ear.

Hearing those news, A'dal's brows relaxed, and the wrinkled wrinkles finally relaxed.

Now that that thing is ready, Adal finally wants to deal with the current situation.

"Let the warlock continue to conceal those things, and then move those things to the preset battlefield, which is the last one."

Adal said to the engineer, and then the engineer left. Then, the Duke looked at everyone present.

"The order goes on, saying that we are going to retreat, but this is not for us, but for the northerners, and then I need some troops to show that they are going to retreat, mainly for the northerners to see, you understand Is it? Then, we 'retreat' and go to the battlefield we have chosen to 'wait' for the northerners."

A'dal's words made many generals a little confused, but the keen ones subconsciously thought of what A'dal was going to do.

The idea of ​​the commander of the Eastern Group Army is very simple. Since the northerners intend to take this opportunity to destroy them, then he, Adal Aip Daxi, will give them this opportunity.

Seeing them "retreat", the northerners will definitely pursue them, but when the northerners pursued, they found that the Nilfgaardian army was waiting.

It must be a surprise that can catch northerners off guard.

Although this is only a small advantage, it is an advantage after all. Isn't victory established on the basis of each advantage?
"Yes, Master Adal."

The generals said that, in fact, many people think that Adal is just a layman's trick, which can scare the northerners, but the fighting on the battlefield still depends on the quality and strategy of the troops.

But it is difficult for everyone to speak out, contradicting the boss is a felony.

And whether it is a decisive battle with the northerners, the battle here has come to an end, and then the Nilfgaardian army will be liberated at once.

In this way, everyone got busy, and the entire Nilfgaardian barracks also boiled.

And these were seen by the scouts dispatched urgently by the Lord Protector of Aedirn. Seeing that the Nilfgaardians were busy, the scouts quickly reported back the news.

(End of this chapter)