The Roman Empire survived the last famine and drought season, but this time, perhaps no one except the military district will be able to survive the next drought season.
This is a rickety house with its thatched roof and thatch stripped clean.
This house has been able to withstand the invasion of the two countries until now, in large part due to the living dead created by the God of Light of the parish—
But now, as the living dead began to fight among themselves because they could not find food for a long time and their numbers decreased sharply, this "outer wall" that could have given the Roman Empire a chance to survive has now almost completely lost its function.
As a staunch ally of the Roman Empire, the Aresians had long since given up any help to the Roman Empire's front line.
At most, they left a guard beside Prince Gasson, and the rest of the army marched towards the mines in the east.
The Alesse people's target is the rich mineral resources of the Roman Empire. Since the fall of the Roman Empire is now a foregone conclusion, it is normal for them to choose to seize the Roman Empire's mineral resources first.
"In other words, we just need to break through the obstacles of the living dead, and then find a way to open a passage between the mountains and lead directly to the defense line of the Roman Empire military zone."
With the support of fresh troops from the country, General Piss seemed to be in high spirits. He pointed and pointed at the map, intending to use the domestic resources to add an epic victory to his record.
It can be seen on the map that the obstacles blocking the Ishgard colonial army are actually only three key obstacles that may cause trouble to their side, except for the zombies that have occupied several empty cities on the border map.
The first is the mountains in the central part of the Roman Empire. The central plain of the Roman Empire is actually a huge semi-basin with the central area as the center, and there are some mountains blocking the west, east, and south sides.
What's more terrible is that the mountain range blocking the colonial army's advance is a series of towering mountains, while the direction of their ally Khutot Khan's advance is a vast plain road.
Although it is not impossible to use the allies' offensive channel, but after thinking that the Romans might build more defensive facilities on the plains to resist, General Pis thought about it and decided to catch the Romans off guard and transport our large troops in from the mountains!
The reason why General Pies was so confident was entirely due to the existence of "Siren", a domestic support force.
The Sirens can transform inorganic matter into flesh and blood when they have enough magic power and "without destroying the overall structure".
The flesh and blood are edible and can be peeled off easily. More importantly, if peeling off that part of the flesh and blood will cause the collapse of the overall structure, the flesh and blood will turn bright red as a warning to prevent further actions.
In this case, it would be ideal to use the Siren as an engineering unit to open mountain tunnels.
The Ishgard colonial army only needs to be prepared to reinforce the tunnel walls at any time and anywhere.
After the tunnel was successfully built, they could naturally transfer tens of thousands of troops directly to the other side of the mountain where the Roman Empire's defense was empty... There, General Piss would most likely encounter the second problem.
The second problem was the traditional fortresses of the Roman Empire, even on the mountains - the square castles.
Although they posed no actual threat to General Pease's army, they posed a real threat to logistical routes.
When two armies go to war, in addition to the level of weapons and equipment, the personal qualities of the soldiers and the strategic command of the generals, the most important thing is naturally the logistical support.
Especially after replacing the new rifles, the army of Isgard lacked logistics and could not use the fire pokers in their hands to fight the enemy.
As the front line was pushed further and further, the distance their rear logistics had to travel naturally became longer and longer - in order to prevent the vulnerable logistical forces from being threatened by the enemy, it was necessary to remove the castles in the mountains.
"Is our artillery ready?"
The colonial army of Isgard just had a powerful weapon to fight against the castle - that is artillery.
Although the naval guns temporarily removed from the iron-hulled ships and the "Schmidt-class ironclads" were extremely difficult to transport, at least the colonial army had real artillery that could be pulled by carriages.
These cannons can be set up on mountains and have a range sufficient to cover all castles in the mountains.
General Pis calculated that the number of garrisons in each castle could not be too large. On the one hand, it was because of the amount of food reserves in the castle, and on the other hand, the Roman military district needed to face two enemies at the same time, which required a huge number of mobile troops.
In this case, a castle with two hundred garrisons was considered to have sufficient manpower, and many castles might not even have 100 garrisons.
If we bombard them with artillery fire and force them to surrender, we can not only provide a guarantee for logistics transportation, but also have existing castles to garrison...
This was General Pies' idea for solving the second problem - after breaking through the mountains, they could easily break through the weak defenses of the Roman Military District. After that, they would face the biggest problem...
The capital of the Roman Empire and the Alesse people stationed in the capital.
Although Piss didn't think the city walls could stop his army's advance, the wizard towers next to the city walls were a real problem...
Not only that, the Alesse people, who have air rifles with extremely long range, are also a good opponent.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time that the Ishgard colonial army had confronted an army of almost the same level of the times. Although it was unclear why they did not use muskets in individual combat when they had artillery, those airguns were also real "guns".
Considering the geographical advantages... and considering that the Roman capital has not only the outer wall defense, but also the inner wall, and the palace defense deep inside the inner wall...
General Pease's head was twisted into a knot. He couldn't think of a good way to solve the third problem. After thinking about it, maybe this problem was not a big deal for him to consider now.
"Let us deal with the problem at hand first."
General Piss gave the order and then waited confidently for the mobilization of his troops.
And just at this time, his adjutant stepped forward and said somewhat strangely that the food consumed by the five dragons in the army seemed a bit too much... Do we really not need to ask our allies for more food supplies
General Piss's face froze for a moment, then he opened his mouth and pulled his adjutant to a quiet corner. He stretched out his hand with a daunting expression and gestured:
"How much food do the dragons need now?"
In response to General Pies' question, the adjutant shook his head and gestured:
"The dragons eat the equivalent of dozens of cows a day... They consume a lot of our food, and there are no dragon hunting grounds in the surrounding area. They can only survive on the food in the camp - so... don't we really consider asking our allies for food loans?"
"But who can we ask for food? The Khutot Khanate has not even conquered a city yet, so it is impossible for them to lend us food. Do we have to ask the United Nations for help
Please! Lady Nia will really kill me! Besides, the wheat fields in the United Kingdom are not yet harvested, so it is even more impossible for them to lend us food, right? "
"Then we can only hope to find food or cattle in the Roman Empire's occupied areas... But if we calculate this way, our current food can only last for half a month at the front line. Is that really okay?"
The logistics of the Ishgardian colonial army are its greatest weakness.
Their ammunition needs to rely on logistics transportation, and their food needs to rely on logistics transportation, but the problem is that their total food will be gone once it is used up...
Although there have been spring ploughing operations, the food would not mature until autumn at the earliest.
Under these circumstances, the food warehouses in Isgard could only support them for half a month at most...
If the dragons can find their own hunting grounds, then food will be sufficient for a while longer, but no more than a month.
In other words, are we going to fight a lightning-fast war
General Piss had a headache. In the end, General Piss chose to carry out his work according to the plan.
But at this time, the messenger hurriedly brought news about Lady Nia, which made General Pis a little confused...
Have we done anything to make Lady Nia unhappy
General Pis was very nervous. When he returned to his tent and took out the magic mirror, he kept wondering if his soldiers had caused trouble for Lady Nia again
During this period, the colonial army has been like Lady Nia's minions, causing her trouble all the time.
If it happens again, let alone whether I can keep my position as a general, it will be a big problem whether I can reach the front line alive...
So... it shouldn't be our people causing trouble, right
General Pease swallowed hard.
Just as the magic mirror lit up, General Piss nervously greeted Lady Nia. Then he heard Miss Black Dragon, who had dark circles under her eyes, make such a strange request:
"Let's... look for a body called Constantine? A body of God?"
"Yeah—I don't care how you found it. Just give it a try. Got it?"
"yes."
It's hard to force someone to do something - this was General Pis's first thought. After all, that was the body of a god. How many Isgardians had never even seen a god? Now you want me to find a body of a god? Is this really not a prank or a punishment game
But when he thought about the top-secret news he had received from the United Nations that a god had been saved, General Pies felt relieved.
Since it's a job that can't be completed anyway, just do it without any hope.
General Pease chose to carry out the mission with ease.
On the other side, after making her request to General Piss, Lady Nia lay on the bed, feeling exhausted like a female dragon who had been fucked for two years.
If I really had been toyed with for two years, it wouldn't be so bad... At least besides being tired, I also felt good. How could I be only feeling tired now
well!
Whether it's His Majesty Yang Hao or Her Majesty Theresa... Each of them is so difficult to deal with, so hard to communicate with... Oh! What's the big deal about giving us some benefits? Isn't it just to let you earn 1.99 million instead of 2 million? Is it necessary
Recalling the previous negotiation with Her Majesty Theresa, Lady Nia sighed heavily again, then rolled over on the bed, rolled up the quilt with her tail, and wrapped herself tightly.
When will he be able to get some benefits from the United Nations? And when will His Majesty Yang Hao have time to go out alone
"I want to see if you would still be so cruel as to extort money from us if we, the Isgardians, were pregnant with your cub..."
Lord Black Dragon gritted his teeth.
On the other side, Yang Hao was walking around in the brand new Kingdom of Eden with Fen and following Elena. He sneezed suddenly. After wiping his nose with a handkerchief, he felt as if someone was remembering him.
"It should be that bastard Garson who wants me dead - or General Dreshuka, or Patriarch Peter. Humph, a bunch of bastards who don't know how to struggle to save their lives when they are about to die. Except for General Dreshuka who can barely be considered a human being, I don't know what to say about the other two."
"Haha? Are you sure it's really your enemy who's thinking about you?"
Looking at Elena who was communicating with the magic puppet in the distance and trying to pack up one of the vacant production lines and take it away, the little elf was filled with vigilance.
After all, it’s not just Yang Hao’s enemies who are thinking about him.
There are also many women who are greedy for his body.
Especially when thinking about what "Light" did at that time... the little elf became even more worried.
After all, people's thoughts are not scary.
Recorded by God.
That's outrageous.
…
Time quickly came to May 12th.
Today is a good day for a fight.
Hutot Khan and his army completely cleared out the hordes of zombies that were blocking their way on the plains. Before launching a formal attack, they needed to deal with the corpses of the zombies to prevent the occurrence of plague and disaster.
Before burning the bodies, Khutot Khan and his Qiexue climbed to the top of a nearby mountain.
There, they could easily see in the distance the plain ahead, which should be the defense line set up by the Roman Empire Military District, which was growing stronger little by little.
"Just as the Harpies reported—General Dreshuka of the Roman Empire has been expanding the defense line on the path of our attack...
On the other hand, they haven’t built too many defenses on the mountains where our allies are attacking, and their forces are probably concentrated on our side.”
Khutot Khan's statement was recognized by the Qiexue.
"Yes. The Romans' forces are mainly concentrated in the direction of our attack. If the United Nations is willing to attack the Roman Empire from the north, it may be able to share more pressure with us... But they seem to only need the two unguarded places of Skool and Kagad."
"So we can't expect our friends to bear too much for us, children - we have to rely on our own efforts to seize our territory from the Romans."
Hutot Khan's plan was to rely on the powerful mobility of the nomads to gallop across the plains, bypass the Roman Military District's defense line and attack the enemy directly, gaining the most results with the least losses both inside and outside.
But through the efforts of the harpies, Khutot Khan discovered a regrettable fact: the Roman general Dreshuka was not a fool.
General Dreshuka dug a large number of trenches at key intersections in and out of the central area of the plain, and used a large number of chevaux de frise and stone walls to build a solid defense line designed specifically for nomads.
On this western defense line, the mobility of the nomads will be greatly reduced, and the only harpies who can break into the rear of the defense line will not be able to fight against the military soldiers because of their advantages in numbers and equipment.
For Khutot Khan's army, the only units that could easily break through the western defense line were the steel-armored trolls.
The trolls could easily destroy the Romans' defenses, but they were really slow, too slow.
The time needed to wait for the trolls to arrive at the front line is probably enough for the Centaurs to organize two or three rounds of attacks!
The nomads who had lost their mobility posed almost no threat - this was how Khutot Khan evaluated his own army.
He was well aware that the nomads were not used to such a frontal attack, but he also knew that his situation was actually much better than that of his allies next door.
"At least we don't need to worry about how to break through the castle on the high ground on the mountain path."
After leaving these words, the Khan left the mountain with his Qiexue.
After returning to his tent, he was surprised to find that an elf from the United Kingdom seemed to be waiting for his return.
"Guests from the United Nations, this is?"
Hutot Khan did not neglect the arrival of his ally. After ordering people to serve milk wine to the elf, he asked the elf why he came.
…
It turns out that the United Nations hopes that when they march forward, they can keep an eye out for the corpse of a god that "exudes divine power"—
Hutot Khan was thoughtful. After making his promise, he watched the elves' backs disappear into his camp.
Looking for the body of a god
Hutot Khan recalled the nights of the past few days. Every time he fell asleep, he always dreamed of the United Nations saving a god...
It seems that this is not just a simple "hallucination" or "dream" - it seems that the United Nations has really achieved a feat that countless people dare not even think about.
"Then let our children prepare. Look for the body of a possible god - that is a favor from a god, we have no reason to refuse!"