Rise of the Empire Total War

"The current situation is very unfavorable to us."

In the northwestern part of the Valdasia Peninsula, the capital of the king of Balaria, Derry Pannon, and the envoys of all the participating countries in the northern battlefield gathered here. Various battle reports from the south made them unable to sit still. Wen Si What kind of fighting power are the special people? It has not been a month since the full-scale war started, and the Winsters have already wiped out the betrayed Kingdom of Lucino and the small northern country of Lijin.

It would be fine if the result of the battle was just like this. At most, it would make everyone feel nervous. However, Winster's army only made some adjustments after the annihilation of the Principality of Lijin, and then continued to advance westward, encircling the capital of the Principality of Page with a backhand. The army that conquered the Kingdom of Lucino was even more outrageous and unreasonable. They directly broke into their borders and attacked the other two encirclement countries separated by a country. What arrogance.

On the battlefield further south, Winster's army, designated as the Third Army, joined forces with its vassals West Connahta and Lasik to march south, first defeating the main force of the Kingdom of Milanas on the border, and then driving straight in, killing them. The capital, Isinda, was surrounded on all sides. The kingdom of Milanas has been in civil strife after its king was assassinated by the Winster assassin. The successor of the old king was like a puppet under the control of the nobles. The young king died unexpectedly. It wasn't until a year ago that the kingdom returned to unity. The new king, like many rulers, wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. However, the fighting power of Winster's army not only did not allow them to take advantage, but instead let their advantage be taken advantage of. The other party took it.

On the other hand, another part of the Third Army also marched south from the Ramirez area and captured the western coastal area of ​​the Kingdom of Milanas. Afterwards, they did not march eastward to join the friendly forces, but continued to march south. Their battle situation did not change. As the spy network came back, everyone could still vaguely guess the tragedy of the southern battlefield.

It is indeed quite miserable. The countries in the southern battlefield are not opponents of the Winsters. They can only rely on their own infantry and a few mercenaries. However, the continuous barbarian cavalry recruited in the northern battlefield can make the Winsters It was a headache, the barbarian cavalry who came and went like the wind were criss-crossing the frontlines of the Kingdom of Ausong and the Kingdom of Deira, wantonly burning, killing and looting. The two army only dared to stick to the city and shiver inside the city castle protected by the city wall, and they dared not go out. , Once you go out, you will only end up being slaughtered.

The Winster army stationed in the strongholds of the vassal state also did not dare to attack. While watching the barbarian cavalry showing off their might outside, the commanders of each stronghold stepped up to send messengers to ask for help in the country, but how could the messengers they sent outrun the enemy? Most of the cavalry were intercepted or captured alive, and the letters on their bodies were searched out. Only a few lucky ones escaped and handed over the letters to the second army commander Matthias Horn - it is worth mentioning What's more, because the military letters exchanged in the army are all required to be written in German, which is rarely circulated among the people, so even if the letters are searched by the enemy, they will not be able to know the contents inside.

...

At the court of Dripanon,

The meeting is still going on.

"Our allies in the south are in a very unfavorable situation. Because they lack a strong army, they can only retreat steadily under the attack of the Winsters. If we don't make any changes, then the war in the south is likely to end in one End within two months - please don't think I'm alarmist, at the current speed of the war, this is very likely to happen!"

"There is nothing we can do. Although the northern battlefield relies on those lowly barbarians to gain a little advantage, the capital of the Principality of Page is still under the threat of Winster's army and may be breached at any time. Once we lose the barrier of the Principality of Page, we will It’s time to face the main force of the Winsters.” The envoy from the Kingdom of Tricaxi said that the Kingdom of Tricaxi, where he was born, is located in the west of the Principality of Page. Although it also borders the Kingdom of Winster, it is blocked by a tall mountain. Therefore, if the Winsters want to attack other countries by land, they can only pass through the Duchy of Page or their southwest neighbors. Coincidentally, Petrolock, the southwest neighbor, is also a member of the encirclement network.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone jumped out to accuse him: "Your Excellency Sraffa, the Principality of Page is being threatened by the Winsters. What are your troops doing? You know that once the Principality of Page falls, The main force of the Winster people can take advantage of the trend and go north, but they refuse to send troops to support them?"

Hearing this, the envoy immediately counterattacked: "Your Excellency Woolf, our army is cooperating with the Kingdom of Petrolock to attack the Pravia area of ​​the Kingdom of Winster, you should know it? If it wasn't for our army to contain Wens The Second Army of the Special People, I am afraid that the Second Army has already entered the territory of the Kingdom of Osong and the Kingdom of Deira!"

"..." The envoy was speechless, and sat down again, but the envoy of Trikasi did not intend to stop, but took advantage of the victory to pursue and questioned: "It's you, why didn't you go south to support our army as soon as possible?"

Then, the envoy of his ally, the Petrolock Kingdom, also echoed a few words.

Seeing that they were inexplicably arguing, the host of the meeting, King Balaria, quickly reconciled and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Sraffa, our army has already gone south, but it was attacked by the Osun and Dera people. Their tenacious resistance cannot solve them for a while.”

The king of Balaria personally mediated, and the messenger of Trikasi also put on a smile, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the resistance of the Winster garrison is also very strong. Every time we capture an enemy's town stronghold, our army will Pay a heavy price, if we don't go south as soon as possible, when Winster's main force arrives in the Pravia area, our coalition forces will have to withdraw back home."

"I am very aware of this problem." King Aisham of Balaria said, he stretched out his hand, circled several messengers in the field, and said: "The coalition forces have tried their best, those barbarian cavalry are excellent in field battles, but the attack The city is really disappointing. So we decided to expand the battlefield of the Swachizi Kingdom and send more troops from there to attack the Winsters' territory, hoping that this can change the current deadlock."

"However, Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Winsters have built a large number of strongholds and fortresses on the border with the Swachiqi Kingdom. I am afraid that even if they attack from there, they will not be able to achieve much effect." An emissary reminded .

Hearing this, King Aisham smiled slightly, turned around and walked back to his seat, and said, "Then I have another idea, thanks to the Winsters, they reminded me."

"What?" Everyone asked suspiciously.

"Using a neutral country, directly attack the core of the Winster people." He said firmly, then turned around, looked at the astonished crowd, sat in his seat, and added: "Winster Didn’t people force their way through the neutral country to attack our allies, so let’s learn from them and use our highly mobile cavalry to pass through the neutral country, and cooperate with our allies to bury the lonely Winster army in a foreign country!”