The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 815 Call for reinforcements
  Whoosh whoosh! !

Countless javelins fell from the sky, and the first wave of attacks by the Centaur Legion bloomed flowers of blood in the human army, causing a little commotion in the formation of the human army.

What followed was one wave after another of javelin projections. Before the centaur army had a close combat encounter with the humans, the seven or eight javelins they carried behind them were basically consumed.

The human forward cavalry are the focus of attention. Although their protection is good, there are still many casualties. Especially every time a cavalry lies down, the rear cavalry who accelerates the charge often have to dodge and other actions, causing their Before the formation even faced off against the opponent, some flaws had already appeared.

boom! !Boom! !

Continuous physical and metal impacts occurred one after another in a narrow space. The centaur forwards, who were more prepared, more powerful, and more advantageous in force, put the human cavalry army at a disadvantage almost from the beginning.

More centaurs galloped over, but deftly avoided the battlefield with the human cavalry and focused on the larger human army behind them.

The human commander was shouting anxiously, and various orders were conveyed to every corner of the army. After experiencing the initial chaos, the well-trained human soldiers quickly adjusted and began to form a defense line on the spot, preparing to face the enemy.

"shoot!!"

Almost at the same time, the human and centaur legion commanders let out earth-shattering roars when the other party entered their own range.

Whoosh whoosh! !

The sky was full of arrows and javelins flying into the sky, crossing the highest point and then floating down, and the air was filled with the sound of tearing.

puff puff!

Ding!
  puff puff! !
  Blood flowers bloomed, and someone fell down and collapsed on the ground. Then countless pairs of big feet crushed them. The soldiers around them were all focused with gloomy faces, and no one cared about what happened to their companions.

"Meet the impact!"

"what!!"

Clang clang!
  Ping ping pong! !
  Various sword lights and sword shadows brought blood lines into the air, and turned into raindrops to fall on the crowd of people who were on their backs. The roars, the sounds of weapons clashing, and the sounds of broken bones gathered together to form a cruel symphony of killing.

Ahmad slashed left and right with a big sword in his hand, and no one was invincible in his path. Under his leadership, the centaur cavalry tore a hole in the weak human defense line in an instant.

The subsequent torrent further enlarged the human population until the human army was divided into two different battlefields, making it difficult for them to respond to each other.

The centaurs who were the first to break out of the position followed the movement of the flag, and some of them continued to cover up the human beings, while others slowly drew an arc and began to accelerate back again.

Puff puff! !

The human army fought to the death to resist the attack of the centaurs. However, the gap in absolute strength between the two sides' arms and geographical location made their resistance seem so weak. The human army was once again divided by the centaurs, and eventually turned into groups after groups, submerged in the middle of nowhere. Under the iron hooves of the warriors.

For most of the day, the more than 30,000 regular troops that the Rose Principality had managed to raise and the reinforcements of 20,000 heavy civilians were all buried on this land, with only a few lucky ones escaping in haste.

"Clean the battlefield, take away food supplies first, and burn the rest that cannot be taken away!!"

This is the second human army ambushed by the centaur army led by Ahmad. The centaur army relied on its own footpath advantage. More than 200,000 centaur soldiers were divided into three groups and lurked due south of Seris Fortress. , southwest and southeast, while cleaning up human villages and waiting for the arrival of human reinforcements.

The Wilderness and Centaur staff departments clearly analyzed that unless the rulers of the Rose Principality were willing to give up nearly 2/5 of the entire northern region, they would have to send reinforcements to Seris Fortress before it was breached.

No matter what the Rose Principality chooses in the end, as long as the Centaur Legion, divided into three armies, can hold the front line, it will always be a gain.

Even in order to give hope to the Rose Principality, the intensity of the wilderness coalition forces led by Aaron and Aocong against Seris Fortress was consciously controlled within a certain range, thus avoiding more casualties among the coalition soldiers. , and at the same time, the Seris Fortress can continue to exist and serve as a bait to attract reinforcements from the Rose Principality.

"Presumably no more human troops will go north for reinforcements for the time being!"

Ahmad stood on the bloody battlefield, watching the dark wolf smoke rising, and the mountains and fields filled with a chilling atmosphere. He couldn't help but look to the south and murmured.

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No one responded to the deputy generals and bodyguards guarding Ahmad. They just stood not far away from him, quietly waiting for his next instructions.

The rulers of the Rose Principality are not fools. After suffering losses in several directions, even if reinforcements are sent north again, I am afraid that they will have to assemble a complete army from the rear before taking action, and it will not be like now. , and directly chose the border of Vanas Province, more than two hundred miles away from Seris Fortress, to gather reinforcements from each province.

"Brothers, please be quick on your feet and set off on time in half a magic hour to join the other troops!"

"Let's go have fun again!!"

"Yes!!"

A mighty army moved forward on the road escorting a large amount of supplies. Behind them, more baggage that could not be taken away was being reduced to ashes in the raging fire.

As for the tens of thousands of humans, except for those who escaped by chance and were not caught, the remaining ones who had a breath were all stabbed through the heart by a centaur warrior after the war, and not a single living prisoner was left.

"Damn it!! The alliance is just unreliable. It has sent so many letters asking for help, but it still hasn't given us an accurate word until now!!"

“Have they given up on our principality?!”

The middle-aged Grand Duke Johnson in the Principality of Rose looked anxious. Sitting on the throne, he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles. He couldn't stop moving. He complained endlessly and lost his temper at the important ministers below.

"Your Highness, the war in the east is in full swing. At this critical moment, the alliance will not be able to send many troops to reinforce us. In fact, it is not incomprehensible."

"Although our principality is weak, that lone army in the wilderness wants to completely occupy our territory, but it is just wishful thinking."

"We can shrink our troops now, build a front in front of our royal capital, and trade the land in the northern provinces for time. When the alliance is free and the support from various countries is in place, the territory we lost will be doubled by them."

Military Secretary Humphrey stood up and comforted his Highness the Grand Duke in a deep voice.

"Humph!" The Grand Duke Johnson did not say anything. Gary, the Secretary of Commerce whose family fiefdom is in the northern province, immediately retorted with an angry look.

"The three northern provinces will give up if they say so. How will you settle the millions of people who have retreated? Can you guarantee that the alliance will really send troops?"

"Even if the alliance finally mobilizes troops to support our country, when will they be able to take back our land? One year? Two years?"

"For such a long time, what did the principality use to support the people who retreated from the north?"

"These are homeless people. If they are not taken care of properly, there will be trouble!"

Gary had to be anxious. If Grand Duke Johnson really listened to Humphrey and temporarily gave up the land in the three northern provinces, it would mean that everything the Gary family had managed for thousands of years would be in vain.

Even if the Human Alliance finally sends reinforcements to the principality to completely drive the wilderness army out of the principality, or simply takes the opportunity to counterattack the wilderness and seize more land in the Centaur Grassland, everything the Gary family has invested will never come back.

For at least the next few decades, the family will no longer be able to benefit from the fiefdom, but will have to reinvest resources and manpower in order to restore the family's past glory.

For the sake of the principality's plan, the nobles of the north made the greatest sacrifice for the principality by fortifying the walls and clearing the country, and moving the people in the fiefdom to live temporarily in the central part of the country. Now, with great difficulty, everyone has finally accepted the reality. The nobles in the south still want them to make sacrifices again. How is this possible?

Who doesn’t know what those bastards in the south have in mind? Aren’t they just coveting the free labor force that has migrated from the three northern provinces?
  If the three senior officials in the north cannot deal with the invading enemies, then these migrating people will have to find a way to resettle them, at least to give them a way to make a living.

It is unrealistic to rely solely on the principality for support. The principality, royal family and treasury reserves are not enough to bear such a heavy burden. So the final outlet for these people will naturally be absorbed by the central and southern provinces.

The central part is the political core of the principality. Although commerce and trade are developed, there are not many industries that can actually feed a large population. On the contrary, the two southeastern provinces are major agricultural and livestock provinces of the principality because they are close to the central plain, and they need a large number of laborers to help with production and work. .

At that time, as long as this population goes south, settles down and has a job, it will not be easy to mobilize the people to go back and forth like now.

After all, the reason for the mobilization and migration of the three northern provinces was because of the threat of war and the matter of human life. Even under such circumstances, a large number of people still did not take action. Now most of them have become the souls of the wilderness natives.

"Baron Gary, you put it lightly. We don't want to give up the three northern provinces, but the reality is this. We only have so many troops at our disposal. We still have to leave enough troops to protect the safety of the royal capital, and the rest can be mobilized. The number of troops is all on the table."

"Do you think that with the available troops and the power of the principality alone, it is possible to retake the three northern provinces?"

"We finally managed to mobilize 100,000 soldiers to go north for reinforcements, but they were taken away without even seeing the walls of Seris Fortress!"

"Without solving the Centaur legion, which has advantages and mobility in the field, unless the principality can mobilize and gather 200,000 troops to go north at once, it will be impossible to break through the Centaur interception."

"The hundreds of thousands of troops that were reinforced in the east and west directions were recruited by the principality from the major noble fiefdoms with great difficulty for more than three months. Now we want the local nobles to recruit additional soldiers to respond to the principality. How difficult is it for you and me? very clear!!"

"Isn't there still an alliance? Isn't there still an empire? We."

"It's not like we didn't ask for help from the Alliance and the Empire, but where are the reinforcements? When did the envoys sent out, they weren't fooled by them!"

"If you don't want to give up on the three northern provinces, then you should find a way to get them to send troops!"

"You are traitors to your country."

"You are jeopardizing the safety of the principality and the royal family."

The two interest groups became more and more excited as they talked. The huge palace was as noisy and chaotic as a vegetable market. The restless expression of King Johnson, who was sitting on the throne, was now even more livid. If the anger could be manifested in reality, I am afraid that the entire All the palaces were in flames.

"Enough!!"

"Get out of here!!"

"Get out!!"

Looking around, he couldn't find anything to hit. The irritable Johnson simply pulled out the dagger from his waist and smashed it directly into the important ministers below. The minister who was so frightened that he was facing the sharp dagger rolled to the side to dodge.

Jingle!

The dagger fell on the ground, and a group of important ministers walked out of the palace gate in silence. Anyway, this court meeting could not come up with any results.

Before the local powerful aristocrats reach a consensus and make concessions, the progress of the strategic layout will basically not have any results, even if it is under the auspices of King Johnson.

After the ministers left, the panting King Johnson took a long time to calm down in the empty palace. His face was once again filled with sadness until his mind returned to his body.

"Come on!"

"The subordinate is here, Your Highness."

"Go and invite Bishop Macaro of the Holy See of Dawn to have dinner with me."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Johnson finally understood that all the ministers in the principality had their own plans, and none of them considered themselves and the overall situation of the principality.

To unite this group of guys, either the entire principality really has to be occupied by the wilderness. After all, these barbarians will not accept the surrender of humans, and the human nobles cannot let go of their identities to rely on the wild natives; or a powerful one is needed. Help from outside forces.

As a tributary of the Dawn Empire, the church with the most believers and the most influence in the Principality of Rose is the Holy See of the Dawn, which serves Lathander, the Lord of the Dawn.

Although the headquarters of the Holy See is not in the Principality of Rose, Bishop Macaro, whom they sent to the Principality of Rose to spread the light of morning, not only has great influence in the Principality of Rose, but also plays an important role in the Holy See. He is the future successor to the papal office. One of several candidates.

If you can persuade the other party to stand with you, it will not only shock and have a greater impact on the nobles in the country, but also put pressure on the top leaders of the Dawn Empire and the Alliance, so that the situation in the Principality will receive more attention.

(End of this chapter)