"Currently, the pagan army of the Seljuk Empire has occupied the Eastern Thrace region."
Along the way, Herman introduced to everyone attentively: "A large number of mountain fortresses are in the hands of the enemy, which hinders the offensive of our Crusaders."
"However, if the enemy wants to occupy the Eastern Thracian Mountains, they will inevitably be attacked from the northwest and southwest."
"We are currently behind the front line in the southwest, and are trying to break through the Egnatia Fortress in the northeast. It was originally a hub of the domestic highway built by the ancient Solomon Empire in the Fourth Epoch, but now the Seljuks have blown up the highway and arranged a demigod to guard it, which clearly shows that they are determined to resist stubbornly."
"In terms of overall strength, our Crusaders probably have the upper hand, but after all, we are divided into two groups. If we cannot coordinate with the northwest to launch a pincer attack in time, they will advance too deep into the Seljuk positions and be in danger of being ambushed and annihilated."
"Just like the Battle of Manzikert." Shira said thoughtfully.
"That's right." Herman looked at her with some surprise.
The Battle of Manzikert was the fuse for the demise of the Eastern Solomon Empire. It not only killed Emperor Constantine VIII who led the army in person, but also resulted in the loss of a large number of imperial troops and even the entire Asia Minor.
Therefore, this battle was also specially studied by major mercenary groups. In the middle of the war, the Seljuks took advantage of the mobility of the extraordinary army and constantly made detours to consume the patience of the emperor's army.
Finally, the emperor led his army recklessly, but the generals of the cavalry failed to keep up in time, resulting in the emperor's army being defeated and destroyed in the pincer attack of the Seljuk army... If the troops are divided and not coordinated, it will really become a matter of taking turns to be defeated.
In other words, if the progress in the southwest of the two fronts of the Crusaders lags far behind, there will be a risk of repeating the Battle of Manzikert.
"Then why don't you quickly take down the fortress ahead?" Mia asked innocently, "and then restore strategic contact with the Crusaders in the northwest and cooperate with them in a pincer attack?"
Herman:
No, little girl, aren't you talking nonsense? If we could have pushed it down, we would have done it long ago! Do you think it's so easy to push down a fortress guarded by demigods? Unless we get a few demigods here, do you know how much troops we will lose if we forcefully push it down
Of course, he couldn't say this openly, otherwise the other party would ask, "Don't you have demigods in your Iron Cross Mercenary Group?" and Herman would not be able to continue.
He certainly couldn't explain to an underage girl how rare demigods were in this world, so he could only laugh it off and say:
"We are still waiting for the military support promised by Olympia City. Haven't you seen that they are now recruiting a large number of extraordinary people from the idle mercenaries? Soon we will have an additional spearhead team."
"No matter how powerful a team is, can they be as strong as us?" Peggy interrupted.
Herman: …
So we can't communicate properly, right
"You two stop interrupting. The operation of a large mercenary group is not something you can interfere with." Fortunately, Ask came out in time to rescue the situation, making Herman look better.