Lord Harland

Although the Kingdom of Lane is very strong and has a large population of gryphons, it cannot withstand the consumption of gryphon cavalry so quickly. The last resort was to weaken the intensity of the flying reconnaissance operations. However, on the Harland and Grant Kingdom sides, magic airships and magic hot air balloons could be quickly replenished, and aerial reconnaissance had the upper hand.

Relying on his intelligence superiority, Wilde concentrated his troops and commanded the 2nd, 4th, and 6th legions. With the help of 20,000 Harland auxiliary troops, he fought several large-scale victories and annihilated more than 20,000 members of the Lion Kingdom's army. Reduces the pressure of the battle a bit.

Wilde was promoted to the ninth level knight in September last year. He is only fifty-five years old and has the hope of breaking through the legend bottleneck. A ninth-level knight in his fifties is considered to be in the prime of life.

After entering Harland Territory for nearly ten years, Wilde's development has been very smooth, as if he has completely changed his mind. Not only has he returned from a slave to a hereditary noble, but his professional level has also been greatly improved.

This battle was a coincidence, and King Undine and Roger valued it, and appointed them as the commander-in-chief of the front army, commanding an army of more than 200,000 people.

After fighting this war, even if he cannot win, I am afraid that the hat of a famous general will be placed on Wilde's head.

You must know that Soros and Sutton, who are higher up in Haaland's leadership, have not commanded an army of 100,000 on their own.

After the war broke out, the East Coast and Delong had almost exhausted all their forces. Although the Kingdom of Lane could still mobilize an army of 300,000, it needed to guard against the orcs in the north.

The last war had given the orcs a chance, and the Kingdom of Lane had suffered heavy losses. This 300,000-strong army was tightly restrained by the orcs at the southern foot of the Silver Wolf Mountains, and they did not dare to act rashly.

Moreover, even if all the troops are put into the battlefield, they may not be able to push the front and break the balance.

Because Leader Harland also did not exhaust his strength.

Even if the Harland leader divided their troops in the red moon plane, the main force did not move lightly. In addition to the 20,000 soldiers owned by the vassal, there are still 100,000 troops in Harland Territory.

A few years ago, Richard had defeated the orcs in the northern prairie and firmly controlled the city of Pulilan. There is no threat from the rear in a short period of time, and these 100,000 troops can still go into war.

However, the situation on the front line can still be maintained. Leader Harland is unwilling to take risks and devotes the last 100,000 troops to the war.

The war began in February and fell into a brutal strangulation battle.

Especially on the Western Front battlefield, which was the largest scale of the war, both sides had a large number of flying units, the battle line was relatively transparent, and every step forward was extremely difficult.

Since neither side had the power to break the balance, the standoff continued into July.

In the last Five-Nation War, Grant and Haaland's side had insufficient national strength and it was difficult to transport supplies to the front line. They could not compete with the Three-Nation Alliance for a long time.

Three years have passed since the last war. The Harland Territory and Grant's side have seized a lot of land and people, and after digestion, the national strength has been greatly improved.

Moreover, the Harland Territory Railway has increased its mileage by more than a thousand kilometers, and the railway line has been built almost to the Patin Castle on the border of the Grand Duchy of Stanek. Half of the logistics supply line relies on the railway line, and the logistic pressure on the Western Line has been greatly reduced.

The Grant Kingdom was fighting on the inside and had accumulated a large amount of food and grass on the front line in the past three years. Although one million young men were mobilized to transport supplies, the supply of supplies could still be sustained in a short period of time.

Seeing that the war was dragging on indefinitely, the Holy Glorious Empire also sent envoys to mediate, asking the four countries participating in the war to temporarily stop their troops.

At the request of the Holy Radiant Empire, the Second Four-Nation War ended anticlimactically.

Both sides mobilized more than two million troops for this battle. They fought for more than four months at the expense of lives and money. The total number of casualties on both sides exceeded 300,000 soldiers, but the battle lines barely changed.

The four countries participating in the war were all a waste of national power, including the Harland Territory. None of them benefited from the war. On the contrary, because many officers had made military exploits, a large amount of land needed to be allocated to ennoble them and reward the meritorious officials.

The consumption of gold coins, potions, and extraordinary weapons is also extremely serious.

For example, in Grant Kingdom, thirty-nine officers were successfully knighted in this battle, and eleven barons were promoted to viscount. Although they did not win the battle, the great nobles did not need royal reward and still had to allocate 30,000 square kilometers of territory. The Grant royal family suffered very serious losses.

If we fight this kind of unprofitable war several times, it will be difficult for even the Haaland Territory to support it.

After all, the Harland Territory and the Grant Kingdom defeated the orcs in the northern prairie, captured a large amount of unclaimed land, and severely damaged the Three Kingdoms Alliance several times. Their territory expanded significantly, and they were able to use land to reward heroes. The internal problems were not serious.

The three countries of East Coast, Delong, and Lane have been developing for many years, and their territories have already been divided. There is basically not much undeveloped land. In the last war, they suffered heavy losses, and there is not much free land to reward meritorious officials.

But if you want the officer nobles to be motivated in the war, you must ensure the military merit entitlement system and ensure the minimum fairness of rewards and punishments. Therefore, at this time, the only option is to let the three royal families cut their flesh and set aside territories for the meritorious officials.

The war was initiated by the royal family, and if it was not won, the royal family would naturally bear the greatest responsibility.

Once the royal family carves out land, potions, and extraordinary weapons, their strength will be weakened somewhat.

Although war can bring huge profits and greatly increase the strength of the nobles in a short period of time, once external expansion is unfavorable, backlash will inevitably come. Fighting several unprofitable wars will not only shake the prestige of the royal family, but also greatly damage the foundation of the royal family. This led to a decline in the control of the royal family and affected internal stability.

In fact, even if the Holy Glory Empire does not intervene to mediate this battle and the stalemate continues for several months, the two sides will return to the negotiating table and the situation will not completely get out of control.

The war at the rear eventually affected the situation in the Red Moon Plane. After the war broke out in February, even though Richard asked Harland to lead more troops to the Red Moon Plane, due to the impact of the external situation, only two backbone troops were deployed in four months. More than a thousand people.

As of July, Harland has led 7,000 elites into the Red Moon Plane, and has expanded by 6,000 people in the Red Moon Plane, for a total of 13,000 troops.

For more than a year since he entered the red moon plane in June last year, except for the initial attack by the people in silver armor, the situation has been relatively stable, but Richard has always been very careful and did not dare to act rashly and provoke a war.

In mid-July, through wyvern reconnaissance, Richard discovered that the situation in Beers Castle had become more serious. He immediately convened a military meeting,

Driffin, who commanded the flying dragon and completed many reconnaissance missions, pointed to the map on the sand table and introduced the situation on the front line in detail.

"According to our reconnaissance, the enemy has completed a large-scale increase in troops in the frontline castles. The garrison of Penle Castle has increased by 20,000 people, the Polya Castle has increased by 15,000 people, and the Oral Castle has increased by 13,000 people. Thousands of people, Korola Castle added more troops, estimated to exceed 30,000 troops.

In the three hundred kilometers near Beers Castle alone, the Red Moon Holy See added 80,000 soldiers. Recently, the enemy's garrison has stopped increasing. I estimate that the enemy's deployment is almost completed. "

"So, the enemy has stationed 120,000 soldiers on the front line of Beers Castle?" Martin also stared at the sand table with a very serious expression on his face.

Martin is an old subordinate of William and an old minister of Harland. He is over sixty years old, and his warrior level is already at the eighth level. It is estimated that it will be difficult to improve in the future. As one of the earliest officers under Harland and the first captain of the First Battalion, Martin was very prestigious in the army. He has not been in the red moon plane for a long time and is the leader of the second echelon of reinforcements in the red moon plane.

In order to maintain the smooth flow of the reinforcement channel, Harland Territory made great efforts, and many of the territory's heavyweight officers were transferred to this line. The legendary knight Sutton is responsible for commanding the fleet and maintaining the safety of maritime transportation lines.

After all, if you encounter a deep-sea behemoth on the ocean, it will be difficult to stabilize people's hearts without a legendary professional.

The ninth-level Thoros also stayed in Auxerre Castle and was responsible for managing the soldiers led by Harland who were waiting to enter the red moon plane.

If Soros hadn't come to Auxerre Castle, it wouldn't have been Wilde's turn to command Harland and lead an army of 80,000. Without the support of Haaland's leadership, he would not be able to serve as the commander of the front army and command more than 200,000 people.

Upon hearing Martin's inquiry, Driffin said categorically: "Based on the strength and frequency of the enemy's logistical supplies, we believe that 120,000 people is only a lot more."

With the Red Moon Holy See's army pressing down on the territory, it was naturally impossible for Harland and his family to support them. After exchanging views with the main officers, Richard decided to ask for help from the Holy Radiance Empire in the rear, asking them to share part of the pressure.

After the military meeting ended, Richard immediately sent a flying dragon knight to tell Baron Tombien of Red Rock Castle his opinions.

Red Rock Castle is located northwest of Beers Castle, 300 kilometers away from the front line. It is an important stronghold of the Holy Glory Empire. It has established a long-distance transmission array leading to the headquarters of the Dawn Papal State, Ruin Castle.

Because General Haaland replaced some of the frontline soldiers to the rear, the garrison of Red Rock Castle numbered approximately 45,000 people.

After the messenger entered the Red Rock Castle, he met Baron Tombien and made his request very simply.

"Due to the large-scale increase in troops on the front line, Biers Castle has been surrounded by heavy enemy forces on three sides. If no reinforcements arrive within ten days, Duke Richard will abandon Biers Castle and save his strength to attack the enemy."

After hearing Richard's request, although Tang Biyin was prepared in his heart, he still decisively refuted the messenger's remarks.

"You go back and tell Duke Richard that I will send reinforcements. Biers is an important frontline town and must not be given up easily. Once Biers Castle is lost, the entire front will be shaken. This is a responsibility that Duke Richard cannot bear."

In fact, although a part of the frontline castle was handed over to the Harland Territory, the Holy Radiance Empire army did not dare to relax. Their lion cavalry also discovered that the Red Moon Holy See had increased its troops on a large scale near Beers, because they had more control. Tombiin also knew that the additional troops were soldiers from the Oro Empire in the southern Hagen continent.

The situation on the front line was tense, and Tombiin was also panicking in his heart.

Tombin is a legendary warrior who holds the title of baron in the Holy Radiance Empire. Although he has a high professional level and is responsible for commanding tens of thousands of soldiers, his status is not considered a high-level position in the Holy Radiance Empire.

Toby was also kept in the dark about the decisions made by the upper management.

Tombiyin entered the Red Moon Plane when he was about twenty years old, and fought in this plane for more than forty years. Relying on his military exploits in the Red Moon Plane, he became a hereditary noble, married the daughter of an earl, and was very successful in life.

Because he spent most of his time in the red moon plane, Tombi was very affectionate towards the red moon plane. He even married two natives of the red moon plane as court ladies and gave birth to several children. The relationship with these children is deeper than that of the first heir to the Holy Glory Empire who has been there all year round.

Regarding the Holy Radiance Empire's decision to abandon the Red Moon Plane, he actually didn't want to implement it at all. However, there was pressure from the great nobleman Earl Rust, and Tobyin had to obey the order.

From his inner thoughts, Tang Biyin also wanted to win a few battles and change the minds of the upper echelons of the Holy Glory Empire, so after receiving Richard's letter asking for help, he acted more proactively and quickly sent a legion of reinforcements.

The reinforcements were still halfway there when the Red Moon Holy See's offensive was already launched.

The enemy approached from three sides of Oral, Penler, and Polya castles, and soon accumulated 60,000 troops and surrounded Biers Castle.

Because he didn't know what his opponent's methods were, Richard decided to be more conservative and shrink the main force to Beers Castle to defend the city.

After all, there is a god behind the Red Moon Holy See, and it has many mysterious and unpredictable methods. Although Richard's trump card, the Starlight Bomb, is powerful, it is impossible to kill everyone against the forces with gods. On the contrary, the more serious the attack on the Red Moon Holy See, the more likely it is that one will become the leader, and the more hatred is drawn, the more likely it is that the Red Moon Holy See will be hit hard.

If the saintly body of the Red Moon Goddess comes in person, I am afraid that Richard can only increase his points to the maximum and use the power of the God of Slaughter to make a last ditch effort.

At that time, more than twenty years of patience will be in vain.

The best decision for Leader Harland now is to keep quiet. It is best to maintain the balance of the Red Moon Plane, get the crown promised by Emperor Edward, and wait until the Dawn Goddess wakes up.

Harland's entry into the Red Moon Plane was just a free ride. The fight with the Red Moon Holy See mainly relied on the support of the Dawn Church.

The star bomb cannot be used lightly, but Harland leads the magic crystal cannon and the alchemy bomb can be used.

The Red Moon Holy See sent 60,000 soldiers to surround Beers Castle. Just as they were about to launch their first attack, they were hit hard by magic crystal cannons. Everything that the orcs suffered was the turn of the Red Moon Holy See army.

Only a loud rumble was heard, and a violent explosion occurred in the camp a few kilometers away.

The sound of swishing shells piercing the air continued to sound in the sky. This sound was like a reminder that people could not help but tremble in their hearts. Even veterans who have been on the battlefield will be frightened after hearing it.

Although there were only a dozen magic crystal cannons installed at the top of Biers City, they blocked the battlefield. The cannons were fired continuously, causing heavy casualties to the enemy.

On the first morning of the battle, the Red Moon Holy See did not even see Harland's army, and there were hundreds of casualties.

As a last resort, the troops of the Red Moon Holy See had no choice but to abandon their camp and retreat to camp ten kilometers away.

Camping ten kilometers away, every siege consumes a lot of physical strength. Through the artillery blockade, the casualties are also very serious.

This kind of cowardice is also extremely damaging to morale.

In the evening of that day, the Red Moon Holy See adjusted their strategy. They mobilized their elite troops and prepared to launch a surprise attack to destroy the magic crystal cannon on top of the city.

Although the number of people mobilized by the enemy this time was very small, less than 200 in total, they were elites drawn from the entire army. Most of these people were level three or above professionals. They were extremely fast and reacted particularly sensitively. Not only is it very fast to block the route through artillery, but the speed of dodging artillery shells is also particularly amazing. The most troublesome thing is that they are equipped with sophisticated defensive shields that can withstand the damage of artillery fragments. After passing through the artillery blockade of two to three kilometers, more than ten people were killed or injured in total.

In the face of the enemy's deployment of elite troops for a surprise attack, Harland leader also had a way to deal with it. In today's Beers Castle, what Richard is most in need of are elite soldiers.