Chapter 62 The Grand Opening (Part 2)

  The Beastmen Kingdom decided to attack Sas Province first, disrupting the strategic deployment of the Fandor Empire before they launched a large-scale offensive against the northern part of the kingdom from Rhein Province.

  Originally, Gaiya had told Liu Yu about these things that night, but did not specify the scale of the beastman kingdom's expedition. Moreover, after that night, Gaiya seemed to have many things to do and left the camp early the next morning with his personal guard, and never came back, so Liu Yu was still unclear about much information regarding this battle.

  Five days later, the warriors of the second battalion of the Wolf Tribe who had been missing for several days all returned to the camp. Liu Yu ran over and found that these guys seemed to be exhausted, basically all sleeping in their tents, and General Ti'er ordered them to rest for a day. The next day, the fourth division and the second battalion left behind a small number of troops as patrol teams, and the main force took up arms and five days' worth of dry rations and advanced southward.

  On the road, Liu Yu and his men first encountered another mixed brigade on the Wolf Tribe's territory, which was more powerful than the Mongolian Fifth Division and the Wolf Third Brigade. Then they met six brigades of the Wolf Tribe, including Bain and his two brothers.

  At this point, Liu Yu felt that the power of the kingdom had already been mobilized enough for this war. Eight legions and 1.6 million wolf warriors were the entire regular army of the Wolf Tribe, except for two less divisions than the Mongolians.

  But what happened next was beyond Liu Yu's expectations. As they were about to leave the Wolf Tribe's territory, heading south, they encountered the "Dark Wind Wolf Riders" led by Erida Holle, the Wolf Tribe's chieftain, along with four legions, followed by eighteen more that appeared one after another before Liu Yu's eyes.

  Liu Yu's old acquaintances, Tuolemi, Malan, and Jialin, appeared one after another. During the break, Liu Yu chatted with Tuolemi and only then did he know how much power the kingdom had mobilized for this battle.

  A month ago, King Cro and the Council of Elders reached a consensus to issue a national mobilization order for the Beastman Kingdom in the form of a joint decree by the king and the Council of Elders.

  The main war races, Wolf Tribe and Rabbit Tribe, Fox Tribe, Ant Tribe, these three vassal tribes, as long as they can move, all participate in the autumn harvest nearby. Help the Mouse people complete half of the autumn harvest task within five days, and the remaining autumn harvest tasks can be completed by the original Mouse people.

  Like Liu Yu's familiar werewolf second battalion main force was dispersed to participate in the autumn harvest, before the entire wolf tribe did not participate in any farming activities, this time under the strict orders of King Kelo and the elder council, they also had to go and harvest wheat.

  At the same time, the Wolf Tribe recruited eight reserve battalions from veterans to participate in this war. Four reserve battalions were responsible for defending the main part of the Wolf Territory, and four reserve battalions joined the original eight regular battalions to march south together.

  The Bhiman recruited sixteen divisions from veterans who had retired within the past twelve years, combining them with their existing ten divisions to form a total of twenty-six divisions. Six divisions were led by Northern Temporary Grand Commander Kain Sobur and were responsible for defending the centaur territory, while the centaurs also recruited a large number of veterans.

  Twenty legions led by Grand Marshal Gaius Verrinus, Supreme Commander of the Southern Theater, marched south to join forces with the Luperci and attack the Sas Province of the Fano Empire.

  During his break, Liu Yu carefully made a round among the old soldiers and found that the strength of these retired veterans far exceeded his expectations. In the fourth division where Liu Yu was located, there were generally only two six-stage Bi Mongs for each fire at most, and the vast majority of fires had only one six-stage Bi Mong.

  And this group of old soldiers who were summoned, it seems that they have not been idle in their rest at home for the past few years. Among them, there are at least three to four sixth-stage Blazing Demons, and Liu Yu even saw one seventh-stage Blazing Demon, more than the fifth-stage ones.

  These old men are just a dozen years older than the Mongols, and in that house of the Mongols, there isn't one or two old men who have lived for fifty or sixty years. Many of these old men who have lived for five or six decades are all martial arts masters. Liu Yu has seen many such old men with his own eyes during his many years living in the Fire Fortress.

  Before that, he had been wandering around the Earth Fire Fortress and had walked into the village several times to ask for a bowl of water. As a result, an old man in his sixties named Wang came out and handed Liu Yu a bowl of water. At first, Liu Yu thought it was just a coincidence, but then he encountered several more old men like Wang.

  Although these old soldiers and old Douwang are mostly inferior to the Golden Douwang in terms of strength, this force is absolutely not to be underestimated.

  Liu Yu realized that more than a hundred years ago, the Fandor Empire's millions-strong army had reached the walls of Dihuo Castle, but was unable to conquer this city, which was at most as large as the capital of one of Fandor's provinces.

  "These troops are the real elite of the Meng tribe, and they are the reason why the Meng tribe stands unshaken on the mainland." Liu Yu secretly evaluated the old soldiers around him as he rode his horse.

  Liu Yu's army advanced southward, leaving the Wolf Tribe territory over a hundred miles away, rather than heading east to confront Sas Province directly.

  The territory of the Wolf tribe and the Sas province of the Fandor Empire are basically corresponding. Going south is an undeveloped plateau area like the Desa Mountains. These areas are also densely populated with demons and rarely visited by humans, and the terrain becomes more complex as you go deeper into the mountains. However, the edge areas have relatively flat terrain, allowing cavalry to move in large numbers.

  Corresponding to these desolate plateaus is the poorest and largest province in the southwestern part of the Fano Empire, Gaul Province.

  This province has a small population, the southernmost part is already the sea, and the climate is hot and poisonous. The Empire of Fanoed has never attached much importance to the Gaulish province, and the border defense task is undertaken by the local garrison legion, not even bothering to send a direct affiliated legion.

  The reason why the border defense of this province is so relaxed is that after the Beastman Kingdom lost Vesuvius, it retreated to the plateau for a thousand years and only attacked Gaul Province two or three times, and basically returned without success.

  The reason is simple, this province is too poor and has a small population, there's almost nothing useful to the Beastmen Kingdom. As for attacking other provinces of the Fano Empire through Gaul Province, it's even more impossible for the Beastmen Kingdom.

  Gaul was an extension of the Cordillera Highlands, geographically higher than surrounding provinces such as Sasse, with many mountains and narrow paths that were not suitable for large armies to advance.

  Secondly: A thousand years ago, Vesuvius was still in the hands of the Beastman Kingdom, a kingdom with considerable national strength, and the attack on the Fandor Empire was directly launched from Vesuvius. After the kingdom was defeated by the Fandor Empire, the beastman kingdom, which had been severely wounded, completely retreated to the highlands and could only take a defensive stance against Fandor.

  Except for the Battle of Ottonia a hundred years ago, the counterattacks of the Beastman Kingdom were generally withdrawn after the battle, and the main direction of attack was also the rich Sas Province and Rhine Province. In this way, they could still plunder a lot of food and other things to make up for the daily expenses of the kingdom.

  So the Gallic provinces of the Beastmen Kingdom are generally not taken seriously, and with the complex terrain and hot climate of Gaul, it is also a dispensable place in the eyes of the Fano Empire, so defense is very lax.

  Gaia's plan this time is to set out from the wolfman's territory and head south into the desolate highlands, then launch a surprise attack on Gaul Province from the highlands, thereby bypassing Sass Province from behind and attacking Sass Province, rendering the defensive fortifications built by the Fano Empire useless.

  The kingdom's army will directly appear in their rear, cutting off their retreat route in the old nest of Sas Province, and cooperating with the four legions left in the Wolf Tribe territory to attack the three direct-affiliated military units of the Fano Empire from both sides.

  The biggest advantage of all this is time. The Farnod border defense army, which is familiar with the beastman kingdom's attack route, will inevitably strengthen its defenses at the end of autumn harvest and even send troops to support Sas Province.

  Wang Guo then went all out to promote the autumn harvest, and on the premise of not affecting the autumn harvest, he advanced the attack time by nearly twenty days. As a result, the defense of the Fandor Empire was naturally not as strong as it would have been after the autumn harvest.

  In short, the decisive factors in a war are heaven, earth and human; The Beastman Kingdom occupied the heaven by attacking before the autumn harvest; Attacking Sas Province from Gaul Province, bypassing the enemy's defensive fortifications, and sandwiching the enemy from both sides, occupying the earth; Finally, mobilizing a large number of elite forces to join the army, far surpassing the enemy in terms of magical combat power, occupying human.

  It can be calculated that the Beastman Kingdom has already occupied all three major advantages. In Liu Yu's view, this battle is a sure win for the kingdom.

  "This old man is quite skilled in leading troops, the number one general of the kingdom's current generation. It seems that he doesn't just have bravery, but also wisdom." Liu Yu knew that all the actions this time were Gaiya's plan, and King Kuro and the Elder Council had only approved his actions.

  I got fewer votes today, so I don't dare to ask for recommendation tickets. Also, marching and fighting without a map is not feasible, I'll see if there's an opportunity to get a map for everyone, many things I wrote about for half a day are clearer at a glance on the map.

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