It has been a week since the back road was cut off, and Oli was pacing back and forth in the tent restlessly, looking at the sheepskin map unfolded on the table, while thinking: "How can this be, how can this be? Yes."
Due to the food poisoning of the Duke of Capet, he returned to the Duchy of Capet with good luck, and even a man with mediocre abilities became the commander of the coalition, and suddenly felt a mess.
A personal soldier walked into the big tent and reported: "His Royal Highness! Count Thomas is here!"
Aoli was overjoyed and said quickly, "Hurry up, please!"
Although Thomas was injured in the battle 9 days ago, as a titan of Cape Duchy and having fought with the Demon King's army once, Ollie is now quite reliant on Thomas.
I saw Thomas wearing a bandage on his left shoulder and entered the military tent accompanied by several personal soldiers.
Ollie asked concerned: "Count Thomas, is your arm okay?"
Thomas nodded: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. It's okay, but I can't go into battle and kill the enemy in person for the time being."
Aoli breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay if you don't kill the enemy, just command the army behind."
Thomas nodded in response with a gloomy face, recalling the battle a few days ago, what Thomas was looking for was a battle he had never encountered in his life.
The army of 50,000 people was destroyed by almost half in an instant. The strength of the Demon King's army was far beyond Thomas' imagination, and it was simply not something that their army of 550,000 people could handle alone.
Ollie asked, "Count Thomas, what should we do now? Should we go back?"
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Of course it is impossible. Although Thomas is injured, he can always get the latest news from the personal soldiers.
Zovia Fort, Onye Fort, Balk Town, and Gaga Village fell in less than half a day and were occupied by the Demon King’s army, completely cutting off contact with the outside world of the Allied Army.
The increase in the outside world could not be reached, and the food and grass could not be transported in. At this time, the entire army had completely fallen into a state of cutting off supplies.
The coalition army, whose food and forage had been burned, and the emperor urgently urged Dehebas to move in, the coalition army hurriedly pulled out the camp, and the food and forage prepared were simply insufficient.
Judging from the current situation, the coalition army's food and grass can last for at most 2 days, and it will fall into a state of complete lack of food.
Even if it is changed to a distribution system and mixed with wheat husks and sawdust, it will not last for a week.
The coalition army also tried to break through to the rear, but the strength of the Demon King's army, after the three-day breakout battle, caused the coalition to lose 90,000 soldiers in vain, and even the Demon King's army could not break through the defense line.
After that, the breakout died down, and the morale of the entire coalition army plummeted, making it impossible to organize a new wave of breakout.
And the worse situation is not just that. The imperial army from the north cannot break through the northern line of defense formed by the Demon King’s army, which consists of Anri Fort, Fallen Hill, Zovia Fort and Onye Fort, and it cannot give the coalition forces. any support.
The Demon King's Army even formed a ring with Fallen Hill, Zovia Fort, Onye Fort, Balk Town, Gaga Village, Alan's Shield, and Windmill Town. The group surrounded it.
Thomas shook his head: "It's not easy to handle. After the three-day breakout, there were heavy casualties. Our army's morale was low, and we couldn't organize a new breakout in a short period of time. The troops must rest.
In addition, the Demon King's army seems to be staring at our accompanying mages to attack. Once the battle with the Demon King's army begins, those accompanying mages will also become their first targets of attack.
So much so that the magicians in the army have gradually grown a little bit afraid of the Demon King's army, and they are not very willing to fight against the Demon King's army.
Your Highness, I have no choice but to rest for another week, and I can break through again after I find a way to restore the morale of the coalition forces. "
However, Oli was calculating with his fingers in his heart, with a bitter look on his face: "Your Excellency Count, it's not right, our food can't last for such a long time, the grain and grass official told me that the current food can only last for 3 days. It's time."
Thomas pondered for a moment and said, "His Royal Highness, the only way to do it is to organize a wave of 50,000 conscripts to break through the siege of Fort Zovia in the north, 'release' these 50,000 people and reduce our food and grass consumption."
Although Oli was mediocre, he was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to say: "50,000 conscripts? Isn't that asking them to send them away?"
Thomas shook his head helplessly: "There is no way, 50,000 people are 50,000 mouths.
By sending them to the Demon King's Army, we might be able to prolong our breathing opportunity a little bit. If we don't send them, we will starve to death. "
After pondering for a long time, Oli finally agreed to Thomas' proposal. Just these 50,000 people, can they really solve their food shortage
Thomas also saw the doubts in Ollie's heart, and immediately took out his plan tray: "His Royal Highness, please mix wheat husks and sawdust into the food to make up for it.
In this case, we have enough food and grass to support 380,000 people for more than a week. "
Aoli asked suspiciously, "Aren't you worried about mutiny?"
Aoli said: "It can only be done like this, the big deal is to push the pot on the grain and grass official, saying that he is greedy for ink, grain and grass, and privately sells it to nearby merchants, making a lot of money.
In order to avoid the discovery of bad deeds, a large amount of wheat husks and sawdust was mixed into the grain, resulting in insufficient supply of grain and grass. "
Ollie hesitated: "Is this very good?"
Thomas nodded affirmatively: "It can be done. In the end, we were discovered by the forage officer's misdeeds, beheaded him, gave the soldiers a good meal, boosted their morale, and then they can send the army to break out of Fort Zovia. .
Fort Zovia is close to the Duchy of Capet, and a little further north, less than 20 kilometers, will enter Capet.
The coalition forces broke through from Fort Zovia, and they were able to get the support of the Duke as soon as possible. "
Thomas's suggestion was very pertinent. If Thomas' plan was followed, he would break through Fort Zovia and get the reinforcements of the seven lords in the empire, and the coalition would most likely survive.
Ollie readily accepted Thomas's proposal and approved Thomas's plan.
"Your Excellency Count, then please arrange for a levy of 50,000 people to march towards Fort Zovia..."
Thomas nodded slightly and covered his bandaged shoulders: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will arrange it now, and the coalition will not die."
Although Ollie and Thomas chose to break out of Fort Zovia, what they didn't know was that Li Long of the 38th Regiment of the 58th Brigade was stationed in Fort Zovia, a mechanized group.
Relying on the fortifications established by Fort Zovia, it guarded all the main roads from the north to the south, as if to take the addition of the imperial army to the outside.
Seeing that Lu Lu came down from the north one after another and bumped into the imperial army on his own defense line, Li Long showed a satisfied smile.
The 430,000 imperial army was surrounded by him behind him, and it seemed that the empire would not let the 430,000 army go alone.
This is also in line with the military's intention. Surrounding the point to help, interspersed and detoured, these are some of the traditional tactics that CPA is best at.
The cpa is now supporting the encirclement point, cutting off the supply line of Cape and Florence's coalition forces, making them completely a turtle in a urn.
And the imperial army outside was colliding head-on one after another, smashing the head and bleeding, and there was no way to stop.
Cpa's away game, coupled with the fact that there is no practice on the terrain, people and geographical advantages are not on the cpa's side.
So much so that the troublesome CPA had to play steadily and did not dare to take radical measures rashly.
The cpa is not in a hurry to eat the 430,000 troops in the encirclement, and slowly consumes them, waiting for the 430,000 troops to surrender themselves.
As the roads in Mobei Province continue to be paved to the north, the supply of CPAs in the empire will also be greatly eased.
Surrounding but not attacking, encircling points and fighting for aid is the strategy at this stage.
At this time, a non-commissioned officer reported: "Report!"
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"The unmanned reconnaissance drone spotted a coalition force of more than 50,000 in the south heading towards Fort Zovia.
Judging from their tattered clothes and rudimentary weapons, this army of 50,000 people should be the conscription troops in the coalition army. "
Li Long nodded: "Is it a breakthrough? Or is it a gift?"
But it doesn't matter. The 38th regiment has good teeth and a good appetite. Li Long immediately ordered: "Prepare to eat this troop in one bite."
"Yes!"