Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Chapter 553 【0547】 Swain’s plan

There was no problem with Ino's intelligence and speculation. On the frontal battlefield, Noxus (Bey), commanded by Darius, indeed won an unprecedented victory at this time.

But the origin of this victory did not come from a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield, but from a top-down collapse.

Things start with the cooperation between Darius and Swain after the war started.

The successive defeats damaged Swain's reputation. Although he knew very well that whether in Ionia or Piltover, military defeats were caused by the lack of a political retreat, but in the eyes of the imperial soldiers , Swain was still inevitably branded as a "loser".

In this case, Swain wisely chose to retreat in order to advance. He persuaded and supported Darius, the spokesperson of the "Noxus Dream" who already had strong opinions on the Immortal Fortress and was deeply respected by the soldiers. Become a great commander, allow yourself to successfully hide behind the scenes as a strategist commander, and then Darius launches a campaign to bring order to Darkwill.

Compared with Swain, Darius is undoubtedly a representative who is more easily accepted by all Noxian soldiers. He came from a poor background. Before joining the army, he and his brother Draven hung out on the streets of Besilico. A well-known local street kid - it is no exaggeration to say that if he had not joined the army, the pinnacle of Darius's life would have been to be Besilico's underground godfather and the No. 1 golden spittoon of the local Durham family. .

Then, when Noxus occupied Besilico, Darius's fate finally changed dramatically. He joined the army and was assigned to the most difficult front line of the Iron Thorn Mountains in the north at the time, facing the constant threat of They were harassed by the Freljords and fought bloody battles with the barbarians in the north in the ice and snow.

On the battlefield on the front line of the Iron Thorn Mountains, Darius has won and failed, and he was even almost captured by the Freljords. However, in the twenty years in the north, he still relied on his own With his military exploits, he was promoted to the position of general step by step.

During this period, countless northern soldiers had received favors from Darius. He was always the first to charge and the last to withdraw from the battlefield. All Noxians who fought alongside him recognized him. A great warrior, a "true Noxian".

And his experience of coming from a humble background and finally reaching a high position made him a true practitioner of the "Noxian Dream". After hearing about his experience, the soldiers who came from a humble background all regarded him as a leader. for his idol.

Similarly, although Besilico was conquered by Noxus, Darius always regarded himself as a Noxian. Besilico gave him a terrible childhood, but Noxus gave him He lived a wonderful and legendary life. It was precisely after seeing this clearly that Swain successfully persuaded Darius to become the banner to bring order to the chaos.

In this way, the civil war in Noxus broke out. In the early stages of the war, the two sides started a confrontation on the Blood River. During this period, through Swain's dispatch, although Besilico's troops were at a disadvantage and their supplies were not as abundant as those of the Immortal Fortress, But miraculously, it was able to steadily advance the front.

With the help of special controls during the war, Swain implemented shocking and thunderous methods against the great nobles in the occupied areas.

You know, Swain himself comes from the top military nobles of Noxus, and he is very familiar with the tricks within the nobles. He does not have the internal affairs construction ability of Lux with the support of Kalya, but he is good at differentiation and win-win. By instigating conflicts among various factions within the great nobility, he succeeded in destroying the deep-rooted great aristocratic families in cities such as Besilico, Fendo, Longmen, Blood Cliff and Chuxido.

With Swain's ability to see into people's hearts, the great noble families were cut into pieces, and the capable descendants became members of Noxus, while the fat-headed losers of the clan were killed with one blow, and then Swain Because they will distribute their wealth to slaves and poor people, and absorb the ambitious ones among them to join the newly formed Trifari.

As mentioned earlier, the Noxian warband has always had a small treasury. As a former commander, Swain used the warband to manage the small treasury to implement comprehensive military management of the local area. Under wartime policies, , everything is for the purpose of war. In the past, the wealth that civilians used to provide food, drink and fun for the nobles was turned into weapons and armor under Swain's management, and was handed over to the newly joined soldiers to fight for their victory and glory.

"The king uses worldly authority and false reputation to make you kneel, but the real Noxus will only make you stand up."

In this way, the military and civilians of Noxus (Bey) united and unleashed an astonishing combat effectiveness. They fought steadily on the Blood River and pushed the front line inch by inch toward the direction of the Immortal Fortress.

Brown Darkwill of the Immortal Fortress was furious when faced with such a situation.

Although the Immortal Fortress seems to be full of talented people, after actually entering the battlefield, I found out that they are all "crouching dragons and phoenix chicks", and none of them are reliable!

In this case, Darkwill finally had no choice but to use General Du Cacao as marshal and let him deal with Besilico's traitors.

This seems like a smart choice.

If Darius is the representative of the "Noxian Dream", then Du Cecao is the epitome of the traditional Noxian military aristocracy. He has learned from his family since he was a child, is proficient in tactics, and can command thousands of armies. Ma is also proficient in sneaky tricks and has a very high reputation in the military. Moreover, although he comes from a noble family, he does not have the arrogance that nobles often have. He is a very pragmatic person.

Although just after the war began, Piltover's "military experts" said that the Immortal Fortress would ask Du Couture to come out, but in fact, if there was no other way, Darkwill did not want this meritorious service at all. The outstanding General Kecao once again led the army to fight.

The reason is also very simple: great achievements shock the master, but their achievements are difficult to appreciate.

If Kecao suppresses the rebellion, Darkwill's position as commander may not be secure. Kecao is also one of his own, and the military nobles of Noxus will not mind electing a man who looks better than him. Darkwill is a more reliable person as the new commander.

In Darkwill's heart, Darius is a rebel, and Kecao is a potential rebel. However, due to the situation, he has no choice but to rely on Kecao, the potential rebel.

In this way, Kecao, who had been almost laid off, quickly returned, led the army into battle, visited the blood river line in person, and successfully stabilized the situation.

Although Swain has a strong commanding ability, and Darius, who is charging ahead, can use his own force to improve morale, Marshal Kakao has done all the work of the two of them combined alone.

Relying on his own prestige, Kecao reorganized resources, improved military discipline, and kicked the guys who were sent for gold plating to the navy where it was easier to make money from them and there was no danger.

What, you said that Noxus doesn’t have a navy now and that the Ionians destroyed the entire battle at Tall Bay?

That's right. This is to let you rebuild the navy. Building the navy costs a lot of money. Go there and make money. Don't make trouble on the front line!

There is no doubt that Kecao is drinking poison to quench his thirst, at the expense of the reconstruction of the navy, and letting those who may cause trouble for him go aside and not interfere with the battle.

In this way, Du Couture succeeded in turning the tide of battle on the Blood River front.

This experienced old marshal saw clearly that even though Swain seemed to have made a lot of big moves, the area he occupied was still too barren after all. In the war, he only had to drag the fight and hurt others with his own strength. , then Besilico has no chance of victory.

We have the black iron from the Iron Thorn Mountains, the food from the Dalmo Plains, the Earth Dragon Lizard Army, and the Mage Group from the Immortal Fortress. As long as I hold on to the blood river line and fight the war, Swain can do whatever you want. Despite all the tricks, I am as stable as a mountain!

In addition, the old marshal also took advantage of Swain's massive internal rectification to take the initiative to sow discord and sent a large number of assassins to disrupt the place.

Along the entire Blood River front line, in addition to the regular army's confrontation across the river, in the darkness, the divided war masons were at war with each other, fighting to the death.

There is no extremely shrewd strategy, and there is no amazing commanding art. It is through this method of "it seems that everyone can do it" that Du Cecao held back Besilico's army and gradually took the initiative on the battlefield. .

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Although the situation on the battlefield was gradually reversed due to the arrival of Du Couture, Swain was not in a hurry at all.

Even after the Immortal Fortress began to push back the front and burned several batches of boats for crossing the river that Swain had worked so hard to prepare, the strategist commander who had experienced two consecutive failures even exchanged internal secrets with Darius. There was laughter at the meeting.

Faced with Swain's crow-like laughter, which seemed to have a sudden illness, even a fearless person like Darius couldn't help but feel his scalp numb.

"What are you laughing at?" Darius was confused. "The situation on our front line has become extremely bad. Although our morale is okay, if we continue like this, our supplies will have problems sooner or later!"

"We haven't had any problems with our supplies until now, which is surprising enough." After laughing enough, Swain finally spoke again, "Our old marshal is loyal and respectable, but he is really a bit pedantic. He has not Realize that the better you do, the worse the results will be."

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Darius obviously couldn't keep up with Swain's thinking. He looked at Swain strangely and couldn't help but worry about Swain's mental health.

"Don't worry, Darius, the key to victory is already in your hand." Swain finally stopped being pretentious, "Next, we want everyone to know that our supplies are no longer enough, and the blood river's The confrontation has drained our last drop of blood!"

"Are you crazy?!" Darius's eyes widened, "We managed to maintain our morale with great difficulty——"

"Believe me, I know Darkwill!" Swain almost gritted his teeth and made a promise, "Before our morale collapses, he will definitely take action!"

"If the Immortal Fortress adds more troops, the Blood River Frontline will really be unable to support it!"

"But in addition to more soldiers, the Immortal Fortress will also send an order to change the commander." A sarcastic smile appeared on Swain's face, "Your Excellency Darkwill does not want our old marshal to When we return from victory, there may be a new commander on the throne of the Immortal Fortress."

Darius's eyes widened.

"This is impossible." He whispered in disbelief, "Even if you are as stupid as Darkwill, you will not do such a stupid thing!"

"I will give him a chance, a perfect chance." Swain continued with a smile, "If we 'rebels' launched a desperate raid and paid a heavy price and injured the old marshal, what do you think of our commander-in-chief? Will he take action to 'protect the heroes of the empire' and replace him with someone who will not affect his status to carry out the final blow?"

Darius didn't answer because he knew very well that if this happened, everything would develop in the direction predicted by Swain.

Darkwill must have wanted Du Cacault to leave his position at this time, but he needed a victory and an excuse, so Swain gave him a victory and an excuse.

Seven days later, when news spread about Besilico's supply problems, the Besilico Front, which was mired in rumors, launched a wave of desperate raids like a battle between animals. With the intelligence support of the war masons, Delai The brothers Erth and Draven personally led the team and launched a surprise attack on Marshal Du Kecao.

From the perspective of the Immortal Fortress, this raid was "Swain's parody of the failure he suffered in Presidion." Although the entire army was spared, Du Couture was not Swain, even if Dele Brothers Erth and Draven went into battle together, and he was only slightly injured. On the contrary, a large number of elite members of the Besilico Front were annihilated on the spot. The balance of the war seemed to be tilting towards the Immortal Fortress.

In this case, after receiving the news, Darkwill immediately sent a messenger, using self-cultivation as an excuse to change the commander of the front line. His nephew Qiu Darkwill was appointed as the new commander, allowing him to carry out the This is the final blow to counter the rebellion.

At the same time, the Besilico Front, which had just suffered a defeat, was urgently gathered by Darius.

With his wound wrapped, Darius stood on the makeshift podium without hesitation under the astonished gazes of the soldiers, and started the final pre-war mobilization according to the script provided by Swain.

Facing all the soldiers, this iron-like man admitted for the first time that his side was at a disadvantage.

"But we haven't failed yet, and we won't fail!"

"Now that General Du Cacault has been injured, Blanc has sent his pretty-faced nephew Qiu to replace him, hoping that this idiot will give us the final blow. It seems that in his opinion, we are just a bunch of rubbish worth mentioning. Just take out a broom and sweep it into the garbage like a housemaid."

"But they are obviously wrong. We are true Noxians. We have proven our courage and strength by fighting hard under disadvantageous conditions for the past six months!"

"The soldiers present are all truly capable people, not those who are born to be arrogant because they come from certain families!"

"Those bastards in the Immortal Fortress thought we were at the end of our rope and had run out of ammunition and food. They thought we would lay down our weapons and be slaughtered by them like cattle and sheep!"

"This is their usual arrogance, as if they think we are just a bunch of Southern bumpkins, guys standing in the corner!"

"But we are not, we are great warriors who have truly proven ourselves with our abilities!"

"That bastard Darkwill is wrong, he doesn't understand everything here!"

"He doesn't understand what great warriors you are, and he doesn't understand the situation of the battle!"

"He thought that through the previous battles, all our boats crossing the river had been burned - but, with the support of Noxian citizens in the rear, the splicable rafts arrived yesterday!"

"He thought that our supplies were insufficient and that we were going to run out of food soon - but, at least tonight, all of us can have a full meal and open our bellies to eat!"

"He thought that after I was wounded, I would hide behind like a coward and just send his trash nephew to end the battle-but, I am standing here now, and I am ready to lead the charge again until death. !”

"In the end, Darkwill thought that Besilico's traitors were just a ragtag group of people."

"But not us, not everyone!"

"We will use our weapons and our blood to make that son of a bitch Darkwill clearly realize his stupidity!"

Darius's bleeding wounds and impromptu swear words completely ignited the team. After a hearty meal, that night, the Besilico Front assembled the rafts sent from the rear and took advantage of the change of commanders on the other side. During the shift change, under the cover of darkness, a deadly raid was launched.

When the Immortal Fortress Front realized the problem, Darius had already rushed into the camp, waving his battle ax and started killing everyone.

Qiu Darkwill, who had just taken over the command and was hosting a banquet for officers of all levels, had no idea that these rebels, who had just burned all the ships before, got a bunch of rafts from nowhere. At this juncture, they were almost Therefore, a whole-army assault was launched in a desperate manner.

The camp was quickly ignited by fire. Qiu, who realized something was wrong and was running away, met Darius head-on and was hooked by an axe.

"Your uncle will be looking for you soon."

The next moment, the ax struck down on his head, and Qiu finally lost consciousness completely.

That night, the Besilico Front, led by Darius, who was wounded in the battle, took the initiative to cross the river and make a surprise attack. Under the orders of the three armies, the Immortal Fortress Front was defeated.

The officers who were invited by Qiu Darkwell to build a closer relationship were all ganged up on, and because the new soldiers in the camp were not familiar with the original soldiers, after the fire was ignited, the entire camp erupted with a roar, which lasted for five days. Three battle groups were completely annihilated in this battle, and three other battle groups were also seriously injured. The Earth Dragon Lizard Chapter lost two-thirds of the Earth Dragon Lizards. Only the Mage Group, due to its small number and flexible actions, was the first. It was only by keeping time that I didn't suffer too serious losses.

The nine battle groups that were annihilated and disabled in the Battle of Blood River were almost all the mobile forces that the Immortal Fortress could mobilize.

After this battle, the Noxian Civil War not only changed its offensive and defensive momentum, but also many cities that had previously maintained a wait-and-see attitude finally began to spend their money to make bets.

With the injection of "gambling money", the material pressure on Besilico dropped sharply. After simple repairs, Darius and the forward army led by him directly crossed the broken Blood River defense line and entered the heart of Noxus. , the soldiers pointed directly at the Immortal Fortress.

The outcome is decided!

Kalya's Little Class Noxus' Navy Reconstruction:

In the Battle of Tall Bay, Noxus lost its Sea of ​​Watch fleet. After the war, the Immortal Bastion had always hoped to reorganize the fleet.

But unfortunately, due to internal corruption, fleet reorganization turned into a money-making exercise.

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