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Chapter 1583 Dilemma

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    When the war was raging in the south of the empire, and the soldiers of the Third Far East Field Army were relying on the towns to fight bloody battles with the invading Hanhai army, the northeastern region of the empire had already become a Shura field.

    Hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern elites commanded by Imperial Marshal Li Lang fought fiercely with the Holy See on the Neiba River battlefield.

    On the wide battlefield with a radius of dozens of miles, all the villages and towns have been razed to the ground by the repeated competition between the two sides, and there are ruins everywhere.

    ?Being the camp built with sandbags by the Far Eastern Army is the focus of contention. There are piles of corpses. The corpses of the first soldiers who died in battle have rotted and smelled, and new corpses are still increasing.

    ? On the Battlefield Mountain of Blood and Fire, the Far Eastern Army and the Holy See Patriarchs refused to give in to each other, just like two strong men, vowing not to give up until they decide the outcome.

    During the bloody battle of more than two months, the Far Eastern army launched an offensive ahead of time, which disrupted the Holy See's offensive deployment and plan, and even lost troops.

    However, the cathars of the Holy See recruited all those who were loyal to the worship of the gods. They screamed and feared death when they went to the battlefield.

    If it weren't for the Far Eastern Army's superb command art and the well-equipped soldiers, they would really be unable to stop the madman-like cathars.

    Although the Skitarii's successive charges and attacks crushed the Far Eastern Army's troops in momentum, they also suffered heavy casualties.

    In particular, the Far Eastern Army has trebuchets, strong bows and crossbows, and the tiger squatting gun assigned to Li Lang, which has become a weapon to kill the enemy.

    There are only dozens of new weapons and equipment such as tiger squat guns, and they are all transferred to Li Lang in the hope that he will play a role in the offensive on the Northeast battlefield.

    However, the strength of the skitaris is too large, and all kinds of new weapons are used, and the two sides are still evenly matched.

    Fortunately, as the commander-in-chief of one side, Li Lang didn't just fight blindly, he also did a lot of work in order to eliminate the fearless catastrophe.

    Although they did not make any breakthroughs on the frontal battlefield, they also caused a large number of casualties to the Skitarii.

    The Twelfth Cavalry Corps of Yuan Jie, which he sent to the enemy's rear, basically wiped out the cavalry troops of the Skitarii after almost two months of repeated ambush, attack and frontal decisive battle.

    With the elimination of a large number of cavalry units of the Skitarii, the rear of the main force of the Skitarii has almost become the world of the Far East cavalry.

    Although the Skitarii also deployed the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Armies in the rear, the three powerful troops of the Ninth Army protected the safety of the rear.

    However, these three armies are almost all pure infantry units. Without the cover of cavalry, they are living targets.

    They tried to rely on towns and roads to fight against the cavalry of the Far East Army, but this was just their wishful thinking.

    The Twelfth Cavalry Corps led by Yuan Jie has been active behind the enemy lines for so long, and they already know these enemies well.

    Although Yuan Jie and his cavalry were unable to capture the towns heavily guarded by cathars, they were able to cut off the roads with ease.

    A large number of cavalry of the Far Eastern Army were active behind the enemy lines, and the roads everywhere were directly paralyzed, and food and materials could not be transported to the front line.

    You must know that Marshal Caesar of the Skitarii deployed hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against Li Lang's troops on the front line.

    These hundreds of thousands of troops eat horse chews, and the daily consumption is an astronomical figure. Although they have some reserves in the early stage, they have been exhausted in the past two months.

    Now the food and fodder stored in various cities in the rear cannot be transported to the front line, causing the cataract to run out of food.

    For this reason, Marshal Nishizawa ordered the army in the rear to organize heavy troops to escort the food and fodder to the front line to ensure the stability of the front line.

    Although the seventh, eighth, and ninth third armies stationed in the rear were afraid of the Far Eastern cavalry, they had to bite the bullet and transport food.

    Yuan Jie stared at their every move, and his eyes lit up when he saw that the cataracts dispatched a huge team of 40,000 to 50,000 people to transport food and fodder to the front line.

    "Don't let a grain of food reach the front line of the Neba River of the Skitarii!"

    Yuan Jie also gave death orders to the Twelfth Cavalry Corps, so they must resolutely stop the cataracts from transporting food on a large scale.

    The Twelfth Cavalry Corps wiped out the cavalry troops of the Skitarii in two months of fierce fighting. They also lost 20,000 to 30,000 people, but their strength still remained.

    Under the leadership of Yuan Jie, they launched another fierce attack on the huge food transport team of the Skitarii.

    In just three days, the food delivery team of the Skitarii, which was like a moving target, was captured by Yuan Jie.The leading cavalry twelfth regiment was wiped out, and a large amount of food and fodder became their spoils of war.

    Tens of thousands of people were unable to transport the soldiers to the front line. In the face of the brave and fierce cavalry of the Far East Army, the various divisions of the Patriarch Army had to hide in the fortified city and dared not go out again.

    Although the front-line Marshal Caesar ordered the rear to organize a larger grain transport team several times, every time they just left the city, the cavalry of the Far Eastern Army appeared nearby, scaring them back again.

    Although the Skitarii on the front line implemented a rationing system to reduce the consumption of food and fodder, but the rear could not be transported, and the food was getting less and less.

    Those soldiers who are on offensive or defensive tasks every day can only eat one full meal, and those who take turns in the camp can only drink porridge.

    Facing an increasingly severe situation, Marshal Caesar also had to convene the generals to discuss countermeasures.

    "The heavy rain for days now has made the soldiers exhausted. They lack raincoats and cannot eat enough to eat, so they are unable to launch a new offensive." General Joseph said.

    General Anthony also echoed and complained: "Many troops are now full of wounded soldiers, and the medicinal materials and bandages are all used up, but the medicinal materials behind cannot be transported to the camp, and they can only wait to die in the camp."

    "I asked you to come to discuss countermeasures, not to let you complain."

    Seeing the frost-beaten eggplant appearance of the generals under him, Marshal Caesar couldn't help interrupting their complaints.

    "Master Marshal, we have killed more than 150,000 soldiers during this period. Even if our soldiers are not afraid of death, they cannot be consumed like this."

    "The weapons of the Far Eastern Army are sharp, we should not confront them head-on."

    "Don't beat around the bush, if you have anything to say, just say it."

    Seeing General Roy hesitate to speak, Marshal Caesar said angrily.

    "In this case, then I will speak out boldly. Since we cannot defeat the Far Eastern Army in a short time now, and we are facing the risk of running out of food, why don't we retreat?" General Roy said.

    "Retreat?"

    "But we can't explain to His Majesty the Pope." Someone said.

    "If our army does not retreat, there is no need for the Far East Army to attack, and we will all starve to death."

    General Roy glanced at everyone and said: "And if we retreat, there is another huge benefit."

    "What's the benefit?" Everyone was also very curious.

    "If we retreat to a city with food and hold on, then the front of the Far Eastern Army will inevitably be stretched. At that time, we will send a small group of troops to harass their supply line, and it will be a headache for them."

    "And let's retreat to preserve our strength, let the prairie wolf riders and the Hanhai people fight the Far Eastern people first, and after they are both defeated, we can reap the benefits of the fisherman, wouldn't it be better?"

    After hearing General Roy's analysis, all the generals also felt that it made sense. They didn't need to fight the Far East Army here.

    Marshal Caesar also had a cloudy complexion, he knew much more than these generals.

    The main reason for his slow reluctance to retreat was because he was waiting for the retreat of the Far East Army.

    He knew the coalition's battle plan. They deliberately suppressed the territory with heavy troops to attract the main force of the Far East Army, and used it as a cover for Han Hai's sneak attack on the Jiangnan Province in the Far East.

    Once the Hanhai army succeeds, the Far Eastern army on the front line will inevitably be shaken and will retreat and shrink.

    After all, their backyards are on fire, so it is impossible to stand in a stalemate with them here.

    But before he heard the news of Han Hai's success, they couldn't hold on because they ran out of food.

    "But if we retreat, how will we explain to the coalition forces?" General Lawson also spoke.

    "When we retreat, the Far Eastern Army is bound to chase after us. We still restrain the main force of the Far Eastern Army, and they can't say anything."

    "Report, Marshal, urgent military situation!"

    When the generals were discussing whether to retreat, a bishop in charge of intelligence strode into the main tent of the Chinese army.

    Seeing that the bishop broke in without a notification, Marshal Caesar was very upset. When he was about to scold him, he was stunned by the bishop's words.

    "Master Marshal, the Second Marshal of the Allied Forces, Alslen, suffered a disastrous defeat in the imperial capital in the Far East. More than a hundred thousand troops were wiped out. Now he is leading the remnants to retreat north"

    In fact, Marshal Caesar didn't know that because of the distance, the timeliness of the news he got had been seriously delayed.

    The current prairie army has been defeated, and major changes have taken place in the prairie. Arslen led the remnants and retreated to the prairie.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)Return to the grassland.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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