Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 104 Preemptive Attack
On the morning of May 3012th, 380 in the Tang Dynasty, in a large hall of the royal palace in the capital of the Sharad Empire, Valerian, the Minister of War of the Sharad Empire, said loudly to Emperor Herris: "Your Majesty, now we, Sharad Empire, The Royal German Army has gathered thirteen infantry regiments in the southern area of ​​the Cangyu Empire, and fifteen heavy-duty airships have also arrived at the front line in the southern area of ​​​​the Cangyu Empire. In addition, the army of the Cangyu Empire has also deployed in this area. About 330 million troops, of which 50 million troops belong to the Royal Army of the Cangyu Empire, and the other [-] troops belong to the private army of the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquises of the Cangyu Empire."

After the Sharad Empire sent four more infantry regiments to the Cangyu Empire, the number of the Sharad Royal Army's infantry regiments in the Cangyu Empire reached sixteen, with a total strength of more than 480 million.

However, there are three infantry regiments of the Sharad Royal Army, which are distributed in various provinces of the Cangyu Empire and the capital Canglong City to protect the various interests of the Sharad Empire in the Cangyu Empire.

Apart from the royal family, the most powerful nobles in the Cangyu Empire are the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquises. After the Sharad Empire released the restrictions on the number of the Cangyu Empire's army, the size of the Cangyu Empire's royal army It has recovered to twenty infantry regiments, and the private armies of the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquises of the Cangyu Empire have now almost reached the size of ten infantry regiments.

But this time, the three hereditary dukes and four hereditary marquises of the Cangyu Empire did not send many troops to the southern border area of ​​the Cangyu Empire.

Emperor Herris nodded slightly and said: "The thirteen infantry regiments are nearly 400 million troops, plus the Cangyu Empire's 380 million troops, it must be possible for the Su family army to return home without a feather. By the way, the Su family army is in the north of the Ziyue Empire. How many troops have gathered in the four provinces?"

At this time, Prime Minister Shulik said: "Your Majesty, according to the estimates of the intelligence department, after a period of massive military expansion, the Su family army has already been in the Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shanjiang Province of the Ziyue Empire. Gathering at least 400 million army troops, in addition to leaving the necessary guards, the Su family army can use almost 350 million troops to attack the territory of the Cangyu Empire."

The Minister of War, Valerian, immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the calculations of our Ministry of War, with the thirteen infantry regiments of the Royal Sharad Army and the 380 million troops of the Cangyu Empire, it is entirely possible to adopt pre-emptive tactics to suppress the flames of war. Burn it back to the territory of the Ziyue Empire."

Minister of War Valerian's words moved Emperor Herris a little bit. After all, the situation of the Cangyu Empire is not stable. Once the Su family army invades the territory of the Cangyu Empire, maybe the situation of the Cangyu Empire will change. It was even more chaotic, and even caused very unfavorable changes to the Sharad Empire.

Emperor Herris hesitated for a moment and said: "The Royal Sharad Army was kicked out of the Ziyue Empire by the Su family army before. If the Royal Sharad Army takes a pre-emptive strike this time, what are the chances of winning?"

Minister of War Valerian pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, before the Royal Sharad Army invested a total of seven infantry regiments in the Purple Moon Empire, and they did so in batches. This time, our Royal Sharad Army has gathered The thirteen infantry regiments, and the 380 million army of the Cangyu Empire can assist in the battle, and the chance of winning is at least [-]%."

Emperor Herris turned his head to Prime Minister Shulik and asked, "What's the Prime Minister's opinion on this?"

Prime Minister Shulik thought about it for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I think you can give it a try. After all, our Sharad Royal Army and the Cangyu Empire's army are almost twice as strong as the Su's Army. In the Purple Moon Empire, our Sharad Empire may avoid a lot of trouble."

"Okay! Then the Ministry of the Army will come up with a battle plan as soon as possible, and strive to preemptively strike against the Su family army!"

At around nine o'clock in the morning on May 3012th, [-] of the Tang Dynasty, in the Governor's Mansion in Kangshui City, the capital of Luochuan Province, Cheng Ziwen reported to Su Yihui in a deep voice: "Marshal, according to the reports of the scouts of various troops, the approaching The army of the Sharad Empire and the army of the Cangyu Empire in Dingnan Province, Luochuan Province, Lianshan Province and Shanjiang Province have been mobilized very frequently in recent days. There are many signs that the army of the Sharad Empire and the Cangyu Empire may It will attack before our Su family army."

Su Yi frowned, "Are you sure?"

He Yunfei next to him said with a wry smile: "Commander, the army of the Sharad Empire and the Army of the Cangyu Empire will strike first. This is just our guess, and we haven't got any definite evidence yet."

Su Yi frowned even tighter, "If the army of the Sharad Empire and the Cangyu Empire attack first, will it have a big impact on our Su family army?"

Both He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen nodded with serious expressions, and Cheng Ziwen then said: "Commander, although it is said that on the battlefield, the defensive side has an advantage over the offensive side, but this time it is millions of troops or even tens of millions of troops. The great battle suddenly caused our Su family army to change their roles and cancel the previously drawn up battle plan, there will definitely be many mistakes."

Su Yi tapped the handle of the chair rhythmically with his fingers, thought for a while and asked, "Are all the attacking troops in place?"

He Yunfei nodded and said: "The four guard infantry brigades and forty field infantry divisions have already arrived at the designated positions, so I discussed with Ziwen, thinking whether to order the troops to attack first, so as not to let the Sharad Empire The army and the Cangyu Empire army disrupted our rhythm."

Su Yi said decisively: "Since the attacking troops are in place, what are you waiting for? Immediately order a full-scale attack on the Cangyu Empire! In the past two months or so, we have expanded the formation of [-] new field infantry divisions. There are not a lot of veterans in the twenty field infantry divisions, and I think they can step up at any time, so we will have another twenty field infantry divisions as a reserve team!"

After a pause, Su Yi continued: "It seems that our Su Family Army has to strengthen its intelligence work. We don't have accurate intelligence, but we are at a disadvantage."

On the early morning of May 3012th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Herris of the Sharad Empire was still asleep when he was awakened by a loud knock on the door. Afterwards, Emperor Herris learned from the guard who knocked on the door that An astonishing news came out. At five o'clock this morning, the Su family army in the four northern provinces of the Ziyue Empire launched a massive attack on the Sharad Empire army and the Cangyu Empire army stationed along the border.

(End of this chapter)