Stepping through the white snow, the attack of the First Unit of the Western Fifth Army was much smoother than expected.
Marching towards Dongwang City, they captured one city after another, and the casualties were much smaller than in previous years.
December 19, 414 of the Lux calendar.
In just one or two days' journey, the First Unit of the Western Fifth Army will arrive at Dongwang City before other units of the Western Fifth Army and take on the task of setting up camp.
However, crises always come quietly and unexpectedly.
In order to coordinate the various troops and jointly achieve the goal of retaking the plains, the armies of Wansheng Kingdom will rely on magicians to maintain regular encrypted communications.
Yesterday, Luhua Army held talks with other generals and learned about the situation on other fronts.
The eastern front, especially the Second Eastern Army, took advantage of a gap in the city wall for unknown reasons and advanced rapidly all the way until they broke into the enemy camp. The two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire and are now in a stalemate.
On the central front, after a long march, the Wansheng Central Recapture Army also noticed that the Rose Empire was rapidly shrinking its front line.
However, due to the fear that the Wansheng Congress would take advantage of the vastness of the plain to make a detour, encircle the army on both wings and cut off the retreat, the central front did not dare to advance too fast and left a number of garrisons along the way.
Of course, many generals were very dissatisfied with this decision.
"I think those humans are just cowards. We should concentrate all our forces now and crush them all like squeezing eggs. Let them see the power of orcs."
Ultimately, these minority opinions failed to change the decisions made by the vast majority of generals.
This year has been too abnormal.
Although the Rose Empire would shrink its front lines in previous years, this year it did so drastically, as if it had completely abandoned the entire plain. The Central Recapture Army took back several important cities on the plain almost effortlessly.
As we don't know what strategy the Rose Empire will adopt, the best option is to be cautious and avoid the army falling into their trap.
As for the Western Fifth Army.
Except for the first unit which performed extremely well, the other two units failed to perform to varying degrees.
Just as Luhuajun worried, humans were building the wall much faster than they had imagined, and they had already deployed a number of weapons on the wall.
Many of them did radiate to the marching direction of the Third Front of the Western Fifth Army and the cities it wanted to capture.
If the march went according to the original plan, the flank would inevitably be attacked by the Rose garrison on the city wall. After careful consideration, the general leading the third unit of the Western Fifth Army decided to temporarily change the route, which delayed a lot of time.
The Second Division of the Western Fifth Army was not much better off. They were responsible for containing the large cities, and the garrisons inside always braved the severe cold and conducted military training openly on the city walls.
It was as if it was a special drill for the scouts of Wansheng Kingdom.
Occasionally, the Rose Empire would actually take action and command its troops to leave the city, as if they were heading for a real battlefield.
At this time, the Second Unit of the Western Fifth Army immediately became fully alert and ready to contain the enemy at any time. However, those soldiers just walked around the field and went back.
This situation happened more than once or twice. After so many times, the Second Unit of the Western Fifth Army became frightened and nervous.
Some commanders simply couldn't hold back and tried to pin the human soldiers who came out to show off to the snow and beat them up, so that they wouldn't come out to wander around if they had nothing to do.
However, these human soldiers who came out for show were too close to the occupied city, making it extremely convenient for them to retreat or seek help.
The Second Army suffered a great loss under the Rose Empire's strategy.
As a result, the progress of the Second Unit of the Western Fifth Army in executing its mission was slowed down a lot.
According to conservative estimates, it will take a full week for the second and third troops of the Western Fifth Army to join forces and launch a joint attack on Dongwang City.
It is worth mentioning that in view of the outstanding performance of the First Unit of the Western Fifth Army, the General who Guards the Country has approved that the First Unit of the Western Fifth Army, which has arrived at Dongwang City, can rely on its judgment to implement an attack on Dongwang City first.
At that time, there was no expression of joy on Lu Huajun's face.
According to past experience, the troops sent by the Rose Empire to Dongwang City will account for more than one-third of the troops sent to the entire Long Boots region.
The first force led by Luhua Army, excluding the soldiers guarding the fruits of victory, and the soldiers who eliminated strongholds and established new ones in key places, after deducting the number of casualties, only had about 20,000 people left.
Dongwang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even in winter, if their army with such a small number of people went to attack Dongwang City, it would be like an egg hitting a stone.
The general did not have any rigid requirements to retake Dongwang City. He gave the Luhua Army the right to act flexibly. The Luhua Army could fight or not fight at all.
Lu Huajun has made up his mind. If there is really no other way, then try to find a strategy.
Anyway, they failed. In winter, the human soldiers wrapped like dumplings found it difficult to control them on the plains.
But before the Fifth Western Army could march to Dongwang City, on the next day, a piece of news shattered his fantasy of attacking Dongwang City.
"Report, an elite force of the Rose Empire has appeared from nowhere, and they have launched surprise attacks on various strongholds and recaptured cities. The fruits of our victory have been taken away again! Requesting support."
"Report, the opponent is extremely powerful, and should be at least A-level."
Before he could finish his words, the soldier who was using the crystal ball to communicate with the Luhua Army was cut in half by a sharp knife. His blood spilled onto the crystal ball, completely cutting off communication.
This has never happened before.
Sensing the urgency of the situation, the Luhua Army quickly ordered people to contact the Wansheng Kingdom's general. As a result, unexpectedly, the other two teams of the Western Fifth Army also encountered the same situation.
A group of powerful soldiers had somehow gotten around to the rear of the Western Fifth Army, moving on the snowy plains in light clothing, launching surprise attacks on several cities or strongholds in succession, causing incalculable casualties in the rear.
And that group of people were still active, and the rear-line troops alone could hardly withstand their offensive.
Upon hearing the news, Luhua Jun frowned. Wansheng Kingdom actually used such a trick.
How did the Rose Empire deploy these elite troops into the battlefield
Did they release it from the other side of the wall? Or did they disguise themselves as ordinary soldiers and blend into the army stationed in the big city? Or, did they build a teleportation magic circle in some hidden place
In any case, there is no way to sit idly by and watch this situation.
As the strongholds are eliminated one by one by those elite troops, the subsequent actions of the supply troops will be restricted, which will affect the attack on Dongwang City.
(End of this chapter)