Lord of the North

If you can't solve all the Spartan soldiers standing at the front of the Baria Pass defense line, it will be even more difficult to conquer the Baria Pass.

The previous two battles have already illustrated this situation. Even if the defenders of Baria Pass cannot withstand their crazy attack and temporarily retreat, the Spartan soldiers will soon lead a group of fearless death squads to retake it. city ​​walls.

Cecil understood this truth very well, but he had no idea how to get rid of this terrifying team.

Because this group of Spartan warriors are all composed of superpowers.

And all the superpowers in the army brought by Hicks don't know if there are a hundred people in total. Most of these people are the private guards of the nobles, and the number of strongmen in the army is relatively small.

And wanting this group of nobles to contribute their masters to participate in the siege battle, Cecil felt that this matter was much more difficult than using ordinary soldiers to kill that extraordinary army.

That's why he is not particularly optimistic about this joint army composed of more than a dozen private soldiers of nobles and 20,000 kingdom guards. This army is full of intrigue and interest competition among nobles. The generals of the city have to vote in private.

Earl Hicks had great control over this army before, but since Ivan blackmailed an army from him and acted without authorization, but Hicks did not move, his deterrence has plummeted.

Although he is still the supreme commander of this army, the people under him have already appeared to be obedient and obedient.

If he had a choice, he would prefer to follow the Third Heavy Armored Army to attack Jason, even if Marshal Levi's is a powerful general who is not easy to get along with.

Seven days later, Earl Hicks' army was unable to attack the Barea Pass for a long time, and several large-scale soldier riots broke out in the barracks due to insufficient food and grass, resulting in extremely low morale.

Even some soldiers have developed a resistance to going to the battlefield, and the execution rate of the barracks orders has dropped significantly.

Some nobles asked Earl Hicks to retreat immediately, and make another plan after retreating to the fortress, otherwise the more than 40,000 troops would turn from hungry wolves hunting to lambs waiting to be slaughtered after the military rations were exhausted.

However, Earl Hicks insisted on refusing to retreat because he was worried that he would suffer a huge blow and punishment when he returned to Phil's sphere of influence. He believed that the loss of the defenders at the Barea Pass had exceeded half, and now it was only the end of the battle.

Therefore, the two parties insisted on their own opinions, resulting in huge contradictions, which almost caused large-scale military conflicts.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, General Cecil had to borrow Sandra's power again, and with the help of Bree, he stabilized the chaotic situation.

And ordered to dismantle the camp, return to the settlement fortress, and wait until the logistics are cleared before returning to continue to attack the Baria pass, or move to the Chenhe front to break the defense line of Dede Town stationed by Jason in one fell swoop.

As for the plan to plunder the grain stores in the villages and towns south of the Baria Pass, they directly rejected the plan, not to mention that most of the villagers here had already been evacuated by Atum in advance.

Those civilians who didn't come to retreat are also poor, and they don't even have enough food for the winter, let alone provide food for the 40,000 army.

Moreover, Cecil planned to seize the command of this army from Earl Hicks, so when there were two voices of retreating and continuing to attack in the barracks, he had already written a letter and sent it to Sloven.

Jason on the other side has also been in a very difficult situation these days, and the Third Heavy Armor Legion gave him a head-on blow very simply.

The terrain of Dede Town is really not suitable for holding on. Even after reinforcement and repairs in the later stage, it only lasted for three days before being led by Levi's troops to break through the city wall.

He Jason didn't have a second army as terrifying as the Spartan warriors, and he didn't dare to risk the lives of ordinary soldiers to storm the city wall, which would only increase casualties.

So he led the army to continue to retreat to the north very simply, and guarded Morun City, the nearest town to Dede Town. This city was not comparable to a small town like Dede Town.

Moreover, there are a large number of war equipment that Jason has just transported from the north, including a large amount of defense supplies. He plans to take advantage of the weakness of the third heavy armored army that it does not carry a large number of siege equipment, and take advantage of the nearly ten-meter-high city wall of Morun City. Deal with Marshal Levi's.

Marshal Levi was also worried that Jason would set up an ambush on the way to retreat, so he did not order the pursuit, but chose to station in Dede Town for a short rest.

At the same time, for some unknown reason, Lancelot had no news after he broke through the town of Nora and burned Earl Hicks' rations. Even Jason had a hard time contacting him.

It's just that the Third Heavy Armor Corps' offensive is in full swing, and Jason has no time to care about him. He can only pray that Lancelot will be safe and sound.

At this moment, Lancelot, whom Jason was worried about, and more than 2,000 soldiers under his command came to the border of the White Sword Province and the Jalan Province.

Lancelot originally planned to break through the town of Nora and then return to the Morning River defense line to assist in the defense, but when he walked halfway, he learned that the Third Heavy Armored Legion had broken through the morning river blockade of Jason and Lanmaloch. On the other hand, Dede Town is in danger.

Therefore, the plan of going back the same way is no longer feasible, otherwise they would be more likely to encounter the Third Heavy Armored Legion head-on.

On the other hand, the road back to the province of Lucca through the northern mountains was too long and inconvenient. By the time he returned to the north, the battle on Jason's side might have ended.

So he made a decisive decision to cross the desolate wilderness between the provinces of Jalan and Baijian, and go to the interior of Jalan province to do things.

The army in the province of Zhelun has been crippled, and now there may not be 3,000 defenders in the entire province, and most of them have been transferred to the settlement fortress.

"My lord, this wilderness is one of the restricted areas in the north. Because it is too desolate and there are no residents living in it, it is a no-man's land. Now it is occupied by some gangs of thieves who fled from the north." A low-level general came Beside Lancelot, looking solemnly at the plain in the distance.

Great wars have been fought here, between savages and men, and the hunters of the north speak of ghosts wandering here.

And since Jason launched an operation to suppress bandits in the north some time ago, most of the bandit gangs in the north had to come to this no man's land to hide.

Lancelot nodded slightly to show that he knew it, and then replied: "I know, but this is the shortest road we can go to Jalan province."