On October 8, under the pressure of the Patience Group, the coalition forces had to shrink their lines of defense, compress their defensive formations, and stick to Bull City.
Under such circumstances, it was very difficult for Patience to continue to win further victories on the frontal battlefield.
But that doesn't mean she has no other options.
When the coalition's defense on the front line of the entire Bull City was shattered and they could only defend at fixed points, for Patience, this line of defense was the same as if it didn't exist.
Her main force still remained under the Bull City, confronting Earl Sade's army, and some large-scale battles often broke out between the two sides.
But at the same time, Major General Elder, leading an army of more than 7,000 elite soldiers, quickly bypassed Bull City and launched an attack towards the hinterland of the Principality of Florence.
The Bull City defense line is a big concept, and it doesn't just refer to a city. The so-called defense line is actually a large defensive area with Bull City as the core and radiating to the surrounding area. Only by guarding this defensive area can the Schindlers attack the interior of the Principality of Florence.
And when the coalition forces could only garrison one point and lost control of the entire surface, they had no way to prevent the Schindlers from making a detour.
Even, due to the excessive concentration of troops, the defense of the Florentines on the land behind Bull City can be said to be almost pitiful.
Within two days, Elder made a rapid advance, conquering thirteen towns. Until October 10th, that is, in the capital of the Kingdom of Pudli, in the City of Silver, when the peace talks meeting that gathered diplomatic ambassadors from five countries began, Airder's army also hit the deepest point.
His troops even directly approached the city of Bauhinia, which was only two days away, and the Duke of Florence was so scared that he was sweating profusely!
There are more than 10,000 elite defenders in the city of Bauhinia. When they got the news of Elder's approach, these defenders of the capital city were ready for war. At the same time, His Royal Highness and the Florentine Council of Nobles sent more than a dozen orders to Earl Sade angrily.
These dozens of orders were issued consecutively within two or three days. Almost every few hours, a new order arrives in Sade's hands. At the beginning, although the tone of the order was very stressful, at least it was still asking Thaad to replenish the defense line as soon as possible to prevent the enemy from further infiltration.
Later, the tone of the order became an accusation, saying that he, Sade, was suspected of dereliction of duty, but he was unable to complete the mission entrusted by His Royal Highness with a large army.
In the end, when Elder's army approached the city of Bauhinia, the order became a little hysterical, forcing Sade to abandon Bull City, and the whole army returned to the city of Bauhinia to be responsible for the defense of the capital.
Earl Sade was very helpless.
From his point of view, it was obvious that Patience's move was to put double pressure on him both militarily and politically.
From a purely military point of view, the kingly way to win is to stick to the Bull City, wait for the enemy to initiate an attack, and inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy when the enemy attacks the city, and then attack aggressively after gaining a certain advantage.
But things cannot be said that way, war is always for the service of politics.
It was impossible for the Florentines to accept the capture of the capital. Not to mention, when the capital was breached, those nobles, and even the Grand Duke of Florence himself, had nowhere to escape if they wanted to escape—there were enemy troops on land, and there was even a dead end at sea.
And once the head of state in Florence is captured by the Schindlers... no matter how beautifully Sade fought the war in Bull City, it can only be said to be a complete failure, and even the entire The principality, I am afraid that it will not be far from extinction by then.
Although, Sade knew that abandoning the entire army of Bull City and returning to the city of Bauhinia was a bad idea that couldn't be worse. The danger on the road is very great. You must know that although Elder has taken away some of the elite, the army of that woman in Patience is still under the Bull City.
More than half a month ago, Sade still remembered clearly the journey back to Bull City from the border. The mobility of the Cormyr sub-corps is still fresh in people's memory. Under the pursuit of Patience, many soldiers of the coalition army were torn from the main force and wiped out as a whole.
Even, Sade is convinced that this must be a huge trap and a conspiracy. Patience on the opposite side was waiting for him to evacuate Bull City. At that time, there must be a huge pit on the way of his retreat, just waiting for him to fall into it.
But, why don't you go back and keep it
Certainly not.
No matter how unhappy Earl Sade was, he could only order the army to prepare for withdrawal immediately.
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The next day, October 11th.
In the capital of the Kingdom of Pudli, the City of Silver, the Kingdom of Schindler, the Kingdom of Pudli, the Duchy of Florence, the Kingdom of Holy Victoria, and the New Empire of Holy Prome, envoys from five countries gathered together.
Another war, which was as intense as the frontal battlefield and could not see the smoke of gunpowder, started in this city.
The ambassadors fought fiercely with each other, and launched a very fierce debate in Queen Susan Bella's palace.
Ambassador Schindler, facing the saliva of envoys from four countries alone, seemed completely overwhelmed.
People quoted classics, from history to law, and then from law to morality, from countless aspects, they criticized the Kingdom of Schindler as useless, just like the most evil country in the world. Schindler's diplomatic ambassador often sat on the other side of the table, passively listening to others' sentences one after another, almost drowning in saliva.
But he also has his strategy: follow the instructions given by Prime Minister Verina before coming to the Silver City, and before the battle of Bull City and the battle situation in the Principality of Florence is fully clear, bite the Kingdom of Schindler to death The previous conditions did not let go. Some small concessions can be made on war reparations, on some public policies and commercial and trade policy conditions.
Of course, such a concession is actually insincere. No one could accept the conditions of the Schindlers. This negotiation seemed to be going on very intensely, but in essence, it was just a meaningless war of words.
Although the negotiation has already started, it means that it has not yet started. The final tone of this negotiation is determined only by the results on the battlefield!
And on the same day, Earl Sade led more than 60,000 soldiers and left Bull City.