Realm of Power

The Battle of the Harvey Plateau was in turmoil again, because the Martinliya people secretly moved out of the way. The Harvey Kingdom's eastern front troops, which had been used to defend against the Martinliya people, crossed the rugged Guqi Mountains and entered the main battlefield, with a total of 80,000 cavalry, infantry and horses. A large number of people raided the important town of Barlova and hit King Harvey just in time when 300,000 people surrounded him. Due to the weak defense at the back of the Ikar Army, the Ikar Army's siege of the capital of Harvey was torn open overnight. The fifth and eighth Ikar Army were trapped, and the Harvey Army took advantage of the opportunity to counterattack. The strong winds and rolling clouds penetrated the flanks of the main force of the Ikar Army. The Ikar Army was beaten to pieces and fled in confusion.

When the news came out, the entire Harvey Plateau was shaken, and everyone in Ikar felt chilled. The news spread like lightning, all the way to the depths of the war zone along Bartley. No one doubted the authenticity of this statement, because the panic at the Ikar base camp had proven everything. For the Harvey people in the occupied areas, This news was like a light in the darkness, a shot in the arm at the lowest ebb. The eastern border guards rushed back to the capital for reinforcements, and finally locked the battle situation. No matter how you heard it, it was so exciting.

"The border guards from the east are fighting back! Our people are fighting back!"

The news is like a carrier pigeon with spread wings, soaring over the occupied territories. All Harvey people in the occupied areas cried bitterly when they heard the news, "Our army is finally back! The liberation of the motherland is just around the corner!" When news came one after another that the Ikar army was fleeing in panic, the Harvey people were proud and proud. With spirits high and convinced that victory was just around the corner, the Harvey guerrillas in the occupied area began to attack the Ikar garrison everywhere. Soon, even the civilians followed their lead.

Harvey's passion for victory has never been higher

Since the border was breached, there has been news of the fall of areas. Harvey's side adopted a policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, which caused many areas to fall before they could organize resistance. Although Harvey's side retained considerable strength, the blow to military morale was undoubtedly heavy. Yes, now there is finally a counterattack-like reversal. Harvey's military decisively seizes the opportunity to increase publicity.

"Our army is invincible, and defeating the Ikar people is just around the corner! In order to restore the occupied areas as soon as possible, everyone needs to contribute." Harvey's military sent a large number of personnel into the Ikar occupied areas. Although the Ikar army has 300,000 people, But it is indeed scattered over a huge fan area of ​​about two hundred miles centered on the capital of Harvey. In order to complete the blockade of the capital of Harvey, there are still a large number of scattered troops scattered in urban and rural areas. Overnight, countless so-called hunting teams appeared. Even the simple villagers were inspired by this craze. They picked up sickles and hoes to chase the scattered soldiers of the Ikar people. They tasted the sweetness. ! Harvey's side sold an Ikar head for five silver coins. This was much more cost-effective than farming! Moreover, as the Ikar garrisons in various places were attacked, fewer and fewer Ikar people went out alone, and the price continued to rise, reaching a sky-high price of fifteen silver coins per Ikar soldier!

The benefits are exciting, and people are even more excited when they see the high profits. There are even mercenary groups whose main business is to hunt the Ikars. Soon, the Ikar soldiers scattered across the city and countryside hid in the military camps and did not dare to come out. The people who came a step later were so desperate that they jumped over the wall. "You kill all the Ikar people, what will I do?"── Fortunately, they still have a way out. Although the Ikars are on full alert in the occupied areas in urban and rural areas, there are a lot of Ikars near the battlefield! Provoking the Ikar army is asking for death, but it is not difficult to find some Ikar sentries and scouts.

"Sir, eight of our patrols were attacked today. Thirty-seven sentries are missing. Four people are even missing near the base camp!"

The attendant walked into the military tent with an ugly face. He stood upright and reported the recent situation to Prince von Muerger who was opening the latest report. The Harvey people were becoming more and more courageous, and they also gradually attacked the Ikar army. The scattered soldiers have turned into regular troops. According to the latest news, Gremi's Eighth Army has been confirmed to have been attacked. It collapsed. Currently, only more than a thousand people are still relying on the dangerous terrain. This is because after Harvey's army defeated the Eighth Army, it was unwilling to continue to waste precious time on the Eighth Army and was in a hurry to attack the Fifth Army. The result of the encirclement of the Army's front and rear, but the timely retreat of the Fifth Army made Harvey's army's encirclement plan unsuccessful.

However, the battle losses of Ikar's Fifth Army were also quite shocking, but at least it was not as collapsed as the Eighth Army.

Prince von Muerger raised his head, his old eyes flashed with a sharp light. The effect of allowing the Eighth Army to be defeated had already appeared. The Harvey people's actions clearly determined that their side was still in haste and chaos, but Harvey The strength of the army is indeed increasing day by day. There is no need to recruit along the way, as long as the Harvey people's military flag is displayed in front of the queue. Immediately, farmers in the countryside, woodcutters in the mountains and forests, and hawkers traveling from village to town will voluntarily come to act as guides and spies for the army. Everywhere they go, there are always local people who spontaneously come to comfort their troops with money, food and supplies. Although these supplies were pitiful, they did not affect the Harvey people's enthusiasm for recovering the occupied areas.

Von Muerger raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked in a serious voice, "How is the situation in the areas that the Harveys retaken?"

The attendant had a strange look on his face and replied, "As your Excellency expected, the Harvey people were crying loudly, complaining about the tyrannical rule of our army. The cries were heard in the military camp day and night, because our army will plunder everything that can be looted in every city and countryside when withdrawing. Therefore, these Harvey civilians can only ask the Harvey army for help, but what the Harvey people can do is The supplies provided are also quite limited. Now that hundreds of thousands of people have been taken over at once, the price of Harvey food has been four times higher than before. Therefore, in some areas, the Harvey army that recovered the areas had to execute some hoarding merchants to quell public anger. However, in During the execution, most of the food was actually swallowed by Harvey's troops themselves."

"Haha, if it were me, I would have the illusion that victory is in sight."

Von Muerger laughed and said, what kind of virtue is Harvey's military? As an Ikar person who has been oppressed for decades, how could he not know? Or at the beginning, Harvey's military would show that he was just, and He was interested in meeting the civilians in the occupied areas, listened to their cries, and even shed a tear for them with sympathy. But no amount of sympathy can withstand such torture day and night

There were too many representatives from various places who came to see them, and they all came with urgent requests for food. The Harvey people's military rations were already very precious, so how could they take care of so many people, so the traditional approach of the Harvey people was to directly Appoint the so-called volunteers in the occupied areas and let the volunteers solve the food problem in the region on their own

There is nothing wrong with this approach. It can be regarded as a temporary measure during wartime. However, Harvey's military obviously deliberately ignored the nature of these volunteers. These are civilian organizations. Under the heavy pressure of the Ikar people, they hid in the mountains and forests to resist. The invasion of the Ikar Army, but now that the Ikar Army has withdrawn, these volunteers were suddenly appointed as regional garrison forces and took over full regional military power.

Many of these volunteers were once local officials and landowners. When the Ikars came over, they had no time to retreat to the rear. So they fled to the countryside and hid incognito - in their words, "hiding underground and fighting an unyielding struggle against the Ikar occupation forces." Now, seeing Harvey's army fighting back, these people are fighting an unyielding struggle. The heroes quickly climbed out of the ground. The first thing they wanted to do was to restore their past power and wealth. These volunteers soon became like wild horses that had lost control. They went their own way, retaliating in various ways, doing whatever they wanted, even for their own benefit. At odds with each other.

"Instruct the Tenth Army, the Fourth Army will continue to move closer to the Fifth Army at all costs." Feng Muerjie stood up, glanced at the battle situation map behind him, and said decisively, the Harvey people have already reached their mouths about the Fifth Army. The ducks were extremely unwilling to fly. Although they did not succeed in attacking from the front and back, they still bit the Fifth Army.

The next day, at midnight, the camp door was opened again, and a dozen General Ikar rushed in with excited expressions.

"Sir, the Harveys have added another 30,000 troops to the Fifth Army!"

"Another 30,000 people have been added!" Feng Muerjie replied in confusion. Suddenly he jumped up from the wooden bed, his fingers were trembling slightly, and his eyes were even more scary. The Harveys have increased their strength again, okay. , it’s really good, indicating that the base camp’s illusion of rescuing the Fifth Army worked.

A General Ikar said excitedly, "The Harvey people currently have about 200,000 troops, of which 120,000 are already on the side of the Fifth Army. In other words, there are only 80,000 people in the capital of Harvey." It turns out that the Harvey people themselves were confused by the so-called volunteers, and they really regarded the volunteers as a combat force. The consequences of these volunteers acting independently seemed to help the Harvey Army take full control of the situation. In fact, it was riddled with holes. It is vulnerable, and the Harvey Army’s original defense line has already broken by itself.”

The Ikar Army did not fail. It rushed to the battle, had chaotic command, and was completely unable to control the attack in the occupied area. In fact, it was all an illusion. The Ikar Army was just waiting, waiting for the main force of the Harvey Army to be attracted, and waiting for the fatal gap to leak out of the capital of Harvey. At that moment, the fifth army successfully dragged the main force of Harvey's army out of the hundred-mile range of Harvey's capital, which was the most critical point of this battle.

"Sir, the army has been assembled, just waiting for your order!" A general Ikar walked to the door, opened the tent, pointed outside and shouted excitedly. Outside the tent, there were rows of soldiers. The Eleventh Army, the Ninth Army and the Seventh Army, with a total strength of 86,000, will serve as an assault force and penetrate into the capital of Harvey.

In the silent night, only the cold wind blew, and the stretched flags made a snapping sound.

The camp fire shines on the cold armor, stretching endlessly. There is no leader in front and no tail behind.